Question: what is the chromosome number of rice?
Answer: The rice genome (Oryza sativa; AA genome) is composed of 12 chromosomes (2n = 24) and has a total length of 430 Mb (megabase, a nucleotide length of 1000 000 base pairs) corresponding to about 1500 cM (centiMorgan, a genetic unit of length measured by the crossing‐over frequency in genetic recombinations at meiosis) ( ...