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玉米植株的基因组比科学家之前想象的更令人兴奋,所以,领衔的科学家正在进行新尝试,分析和注释植物遗传资源的深度。“我们的新研究确立了玉米的多样性,甚至超过了我们已经知道的程度。”美国农业部和冷泉港实验室的博士Doreen Ware说。“这种多样性本身很吸引人,同时,其对农业也非常重要。”玉米是世界三大主食之一,和稻米、小麦一起占了世界粮食消费量的三分之二。Ware是某大型国际合作研究团队的一员,2009年,该研究团队首次完成了玉米品种B73
The genomes of corn plants are even more exciting than scientists had imagined before, so leading scientists are making new attempts to analyze and annotate the depths of plant genetic resources. “Our new research has established the diversity of maize even more than we already know. ” Said Doreen Ware, Ph.D., USDA and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. “This diversity is intriguing in itself and at the same time it is also very important for agriculture.” Corn is one of the three staple foods in the world and, together with rice and wheat, accounts for two-thirds of the world’s food consumption. Ware is a member of a large international collaborative research team that in 2009 completed the first maize cultivar B73