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Zea mays Genome sequencing
A minimal tiling path set of approximately 19,000 BAC clones was selected from the already existing maize physical map. Each BAC clone was sequenced to approximately 6-fold coverage, and “genespace” boundaries in the BAC clones will be determined. Those areas were sequence-improved and finished. Those finished and annotated sequences were submitted to GenBank and also were integrated with physical and genetic map data. Validated trace reads are available in the NCBI Trace Archive. Displays of the data are available in GBrowse. All indicated and predicted gene models will be improved, as will the overall annotation of the maize genome.