Genome Map: Better Spuds on the Way, Michigan State University Reveals

An international team has mapped the potato genome, taking a big step closer to improving the world’s most important nongrain food crop. The Potato Genome Sequencing Consortium, an international team of 39 scientists from 14 countries, began work on the potato genome project in 2006. The complete sequence is estimated to be 840 million, about one-quarter the size of the human genome. The draft sequence, which covers 95 percent of potato genes, is available at www.potatogenome.net.

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