Sign In Question: What is the Chromosome Number of Rice?
🔑 Key Points
🟢 Rice Genome
→ The rice genome (Oryza sativa; AA genome) is composed of 12 chromosomes (2n = 24).
→ It has a total length of 430 Mb corresponding to about 1500 cM.
→ Rice is the seed of the grass species Oryza sativa or less commonly Oryza glaberrima.
→ The name wild rice is usually used for species of the genera Zizania and Porteresia, both wild and domesticated.
🟢 Rice Genome
→ The rice genome (Oryza sativa; AA genome) is composed of 12 chromosomes (2n = 24).
→ It has a total length of 430 Mb corresponding to about 1500 cM.
→ Rice is the seed of the grass species Oryza sativa or less commonly Oryza glaberrima.
→ The name wild rice is usually used for species of the genera Zizania and Porteresia, both wild and domesticated.
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