Richard Michelmore, UC Davis Genome Center (IMAGE)

University of California - Davis

Richard Michelmore, UC Davis Genome Center

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Richard Michelmore, director of the UC Davis Genome Center, and colleagues have released the first comprehensive genome assembly for lettuce and the huge Compositae plant family, which includes diverse plants ranging from the sunflower to star thistle.

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Gregory Urquiaga/UC Davis

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