A team around Prof. Bin HAN investigated 446 geographically diverse variations of Oryzae rufipogon, a wild rice form, and 1.083 varieties of O. indica and japonica, to construct a comprehensive map of rice genome variation. Domestication-associated traits were analyzed through high-resolution genetic mapping
Nature online. Oct. 4, 2012
CAS National Center for Gene Research, Shanghai, construct map of rice genome variation and origin of cultivated rice