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Wheat, barley, and rye, of tribe Triticeae in the Poaceae, are among the most important crops worldwide but they present many challenges to genomics-aided crop improvement. Brachypodium distachyon, a close relative of those cereals has recently emerged as a model for grass functional genomics. Sequencing of the nuclear and organelle genomes of Brachypodium is one of the first steps towards making this species available as a tool for researchers interested in cereals biology.
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Genomics and Gene Discovery Research Unit, USDA-Agriculture Research Service, Western Regional Research Center, 800 Buchanan Street, Albany, CA 94710, USA. ebortiri@gmail.com
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