Rice has been chosen as a model cereal for functional genomics because of its well understood genetics. In addition, there is great similarities among all the c

Rice has been chosen as a model cereal for functional genomics because of its well understood genetics. In addition, there is great similarities among all the c

With the completion of a finished rice genome sequence, increasing efforts have focused on functional characterization of rice genes, elucidation of the underly

Together with early theoretical work in population genetics, the debate on sources of genetic makeup initiated by proponents of the neutral theory made a solid

Functional genomics is a young discipline whose origin can be traced back to the late 1980s and early 1990s, when molecular tools became available to determine