Source: WESTERN FARMER STOCKMAN, 5/2/17


It took 10 years to do it, but researchers at the University of California, Riverside, along with a global team have completed the genome of barley — a key ingredient in beer and single-malt Scotch. The results of their work, which included a team of 77 scientists worldwide, were published in the journal Nature.In a media release announcing the news, Timothy Close, a professor of genetics at UC Riverside, noted: "This takes the level of completeness of the barley genome up a huge notch."

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