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A new resequencing analysis of weedy rice (Oryza sativa L.) biotypes illuminates distinct evolutionary paths and outcomes of de-domestication and ferality. This largest effort to date in weedy plant genomics gives a better understanding of weediness while also providing a promising source of alleles for rice breeding.

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Figure 1: Evolution of weedy rice.

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Stewart, C. Becoming weeds. Nat Genet 49, 654–655 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.3851

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