Chinese scientists sequence sweet orange genome
By Wang Ru and Zhou Lihua | China Daily | Updated: 2012-04-23 07:58
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A farmer harvests oranges in Pingyuan county, Guangdong province. Zhong Xiaofeng / For China Daily |
Chinese scientists have sequenced the genome of the sweet orange (Citrus sinensis), the first time a Chinese research team has independently determined the genome sequence of a fruit.
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