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Science 6 June 2003:
Vol. 300. no. 5625, pp. 1514 - 1515
DOI: 10.1126/science.1086162
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Perspectives

PLANT SCIENCE:
Surprises Inside a Green Grass Genome

Michael Bevan

Last year's completion of the draft genome sequence of rice, the world's most important food crop, has been quickly followed by the completion of the fully annotated, high-quality sequence of several chromosomes. In his Perspective, Bevan discusses the new insights gleaned with this week's publication of the fully completed sequence of rice chromosome 10 (The Rice Chromosome 10 Sequencing Consortium).

The author is in the Cell and Developmental Biology Department, John Innes Centre, Colney Lane, Norwich NR4 7UJ, UK. E-mail: michael.bevan{at}bbsrc.ac.uk

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