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Cutting the Gordian knot of plant genetics: retrieval of missing heritability in tomato

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Wang, C., Han, B. Cutting the Gordian knot of plant genetics: retrieval of missing heritability in tomato. Sci. China Life Sci. 65, 2564–2566 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11427-022-2160-6

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