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10,000 years of wheat and barley selection reveal shared climate-adaptation genes
Research teams from INRAE, the University of Clermont Auvergne and the CNRS have reconstructed 10 ancient genomes (paleogenomes) that are the common ancestors of 84 botanical species of agronomic interest.
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Researchers from INRAE, the University of Clermont Auvergne and CNRS reconstructed ten ancient paleogenomes representing common ancestors of 84 agronomic plant species. By comparing these genomes, they identified genes that are shared across multiple plant species and have been retained through evolution. The study suggests these conserved genes could be crucial for adapting to environmental stresses such as drought.
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