New genome study rewrites the early history of grasses, the world’s most important plant family

September 11, 2026 · 10:00 pm 1 sources

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• New genome study rewrites the early history of grasses, the world's most important plant family
  Phys.org · September 11, 2026 22:00
  An international team of scientists, including Donald Danforth Plant Science Center member emerita Elizabeth "Toby" Kellogg, Ph.D., has produced a chromosome-level genome assembly that offers a new view of the earliest evolution of grasses, the plant family that includes many of the world's most…