date:Nov 29, 2012
U.S. Department of Agriculture scientists as part of an international team have completed a shotgun sequencing of the wheat genome for the first time, according to a paper published Nov. 28 in the journal Nature.
Wheat was the main remaining field crop that had not been genetically sequenced by scientists, and the breakthrough spurred ideas that yields may increase and more nutritious wheat will be bred as a result.
By unlocking the genetic secrets of wheat, this study and others like it give