For the first time, researchers have deciphered the DNA code of a tree. This accomplishment makes the black cottonwood, a type of poplar, the third plant species whose genome has been sequenced.
ROOTED IN SCIENCE. The black cottonwood (Populus trichocarpa) is the first woody plant to have its genome sequenced.
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