100-million-year-old molecular 'bypasses' may have helped grasses dominate landscapes and agriculture
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100 million years ago, long before human intervention, ancestors of grasses, including wheat, rice and maize, developed "bypasses" in chemical pathways used to create two critical compounds: lignin and starch.
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