IC4R006-Genome-2014-25064006
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Project Title
- The genome sequence of African rice (Oryza glaberrima)and evidence for independent domestication
The Background of This Project
- The cultivation of rice in Africa dates back more than 3,000 years. Interestingly, African rice is not of the same origin as Asian rice (Oryza sativa L.) but rather is an entirely different species (i.e., Oryza glaberrima Steud.). Here we present a high-quality assembly and annotation of the O. glaberrima genome and detailed analyses of its evolutionary history of domestication and selection.
