Monday, October 1, 2018

Pioneering biologists create a new crop through genome editing

For the first time, researchers have created, within a single generation, a new crop from a wild plant -- the progenitor of our modern tomato -- by using a modern process of genome editing. Starting with a 'wild tomato' they have, at the same time, introduced a variety of crop features without losing the valuable genetic properties of the wild plant.

from Top Health News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2P3sjvE

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