hexaploid
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We also compared the TGACv1 A subgenome sequences of hexaploid wheat19 to the Tu genome.
From Nature • May 8, 2018
A similar comparison was made with genes annotated in hexaploid wheat cv.
From Nature • Nov. 14, 2017
Jan Dvok, Katrien Devos, Steven Salzberg and colleagues report a reference genome for Aegilops tauschii, the diploid progenitor of the D genome 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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