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Novel Sequence Discovery by Subtractive Genomics
Published on: January 25, 2019
The complete genome sequences of 38 species of Iridaceae (Asparagales, Magnoliopsida)
Bryan N MacNeill1,2, Jacob B Landis1, Aaron C Rodriguez3
1School of Integrative Plant Science, Section of Plant Biology and the L.H. Bailey Hortorium, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA.
Abstract:
We present complete genome sequences of 38 species of plants in the Iridaceae focused on Tigridia Juss. and closely related genera.
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