Researchers Stumped by Plants with Multiple Chromosomes Set January Meeting to Collaborate (IMAGE)

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Researchers Stumped by Plants with Multiple Chromosomes Set January Meeting to Collaborate

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Roses, like other beloved plants such as coffee, bananas, blueberries, and chrysanthemums are polyploids, which makes breeding improvements into new varieties is much more complex.

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(Texas A&M AgriLife Research photo by Kathleen Phillips)

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