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Brassica is a genus of flowering plants in the Brassicaceae family that includes many economically important cruciferous vegetable and oilseed crops. It serves as a key model system for studying plant genetics, genome evolution, and polyploidy, since many species arose through whole-genome duplication and hybridization events. Research on this genus also informs crop improvement efforts targeting disease resistance, nutritional content, and stress tolerance in agriculture.

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