Tuesday, September 8, 2020

Inheritance in plants can now be controlled specifically

A new application of the CRISPR/Cas molecular scissors promises progress in crop cultivation. Researchers have succeeded in modifying the sequence of genes on a chromosome using CRISPR/Cas. For the first time, they took a known chromosome modification in the thale cress model plant and demonstrated how inversions of the gene sequence can be undone and inheritance can thus be controlled.

from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2GG3Jls

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