Cracking the Corn Code: Scientists Reveal the Genetic Secrets of Domestication
MaizeCODE is a genomic project analyzing the genetic basis of maize domestication. Researchers identified key regulatory ...
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Corn's ancient ancestors are calling: Genomic encyclopedia sheds light on domestication 9,000 years ago
Early farmers' pre-industrial plant breeding choices turned corn from a nearly inedible crop ... The research project is based on the Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE). ENCODE aimed to ...
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UW-Madison receives $5.5 million federal grant to reduce synthetic fertilizer use
The U.S. Department of Energy granted Dr. Jean-Michel Ané and his colleagues $5.5 million to study systems to cut synthetic ...
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Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs): Transgenic Crops and Recombinant DNA Technology
Bt corn expresses a protein from the bacterium Bacillus ... Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), called "Recombinant DNA Safety Considerations," became the first intergovernmental document ...