hexaploid
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Chromosome 3B of hexaploid wheat was completely sequenced and assembled using BAC-by-BAC sequencing strategy26.
From Nature • May 8, 2018
To compare the HCC genes of Ae. tauschii with genes annotated in hexaploid bread wheat cv.
From Nature • Nov. 14, 2017
Dvorak, J., Luo, M. C., Yang, Z. L. & Zhang, H. -B. The structure of the Aegilops tauschii genepool and the evolution of hexaploid wheat.
From Nature • Nov. 14, 2017
Durum wheat makes more toothsome pasta, while the gluten-y hexaploid flour can form protein networks that stretch into loftier, lighter bread.
From Scientific American • May 19, 2013
Today, farmers plant both tetraploid 28-chromosome durum wheat and hexaploid 42-chromosome bread wheat.
From Scientific American • May 19, 2013
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