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Convergent selection of a gene in cereals leads to grain yield upgradation

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China

    Yucheng Liu & Zhixi Tian

  2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China

    Zhixi Tian

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Liu, Y., Tian, Z. Convergent selection of a gene in cereals leads to grain yield upgradation. Sci. China Life Sci. 65, 1479–1480 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11427-022-2109-2

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