CRISPR Primes Goldenberry for Fruit Bowl Fame
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CRISPR Primes Goldenberry for Fruit Bowl Fame
Since agriculture began roughly 10,000 years ago, farmers have repeatedly saved seeds from the tastiest, largest, and hardiest plants to grow the next season’s crops. Over centuries — and often millennia — that steady selection has shaped most of the fruits and vegetables we eat today. Now plant biologists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) say they may have found a faster path. Using the gene-editing tool CRISPR, they’re working with golde…
Since the beginnings of agriculture some 10,000 years ago, our ancestors have stored the seeds of the tastiest, largest, and most resilient plants to plant the following season. Most of the fruits and vegetables we buy today are the result of hundreds of...
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