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Decolonizing botanical genomics

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By sieving through the plant genomic literature for the last 20 years, a study uncovered a disconnection between the research locales and plants’ native ranges. Colonialism, both past and present, might be behind this disparity.

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  1. Boyce Thompson Institute, Ithaca, NY, USA

    Fay-Wei Li

  2. Plant Biology Section, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA

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Li, FW. Decolonizing botanical genomics. Nat. Plants 7, 1542–1543 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-021-01041-6

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