
#591Genetics & Molecular BiologyFront Page17 November 2025
The Perfect Grain: A Complete, Gapless Genome for Indica Rice
Researchers have constructed a complete Telomere-to-Telomere (T2T) genome assembly for the indica rice variety Kato T197, covering all 12 chromosomes without a single gap. This comprehensive map identifies over 56,000 genes, offering a vital tool for future agricultural breeding and evolutionary research.
By Zhang, Zhang, Tang, Peng, Xie, Xie, Zhao, Yang, Yu, Zhu