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Decoding our daily bread

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The wheat genome is large and complex, and has defied complete sequencing. But the most comprehensive analysis so far of the plant's genes will support efforts to optimize the supply of this vital food crop. See Letter p.705

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Figure 1: Vital grains.

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  1. Peter Langridge is at the Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics, University of Adelaide, Urrbrae 5064, Australia.,

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Langridge, P. Decoding our daily bread. Nature 491, 678–680 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/491678a

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