Chapter 2 - Further Information

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Web sites

http://www.arabidopsis.org/info/

http://www.nature.com/genomics/

http://www.genomicglossaries.com

http://www.irri.org  (links to rice genomic information)

http://www.agron.missouri.edu/ (maize genome information)

http://www.nsf.gov/bio/

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