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RogerEvenBove

07-29-2012 06:47 PM

Science News Article

Genome of a fruit besieged

The banana genome has been unpeeled. The genetic makeup of Musa acuminata, a fertile banana species that gave rise to the seedless Cavendish and other clonal varieties people eat today, sheds light on the plant’s evolutionary history and ripening process. This information may also help researchers boost the crop’s resistance to fungal and viral pathogens threatening its survival. M. acuminata has 36,542 protein-encoding genes and 235 genes that make small snippets of protein-regulating RNA, ...

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PR-Giants

07-29-2012 07:51 PM

Re: Science News Article

Do you have a subscription, and if so is the article available now or do we need to wait until Aug 11 ?

RogerEvenBove

07-30-2012 01:44 AM

Re: Science News Article

Quote:

Originally Posted by PR-Giants (Post 201244)

Do you have a subscription, and if so is the article available now or do we need to wait until Aug 11 ?

It's just the one paragraph.

PR-Giants

07-30-2012 11:13 AM

Re: Science News Article

Quote:

Originally Posted by RogerEvenBove (Post 201263)

It's just the one paragraph.

That is hard to believe.

Do you have a subscription?

RogerEvenBove

07-31-2012 01:27 AM

Re: Science News Article

Yes - I have a subscription to the print edition and the email newsletter. I don't remember what conditions were on the email.

PR-Giants

10-23-2012 06:03 PM

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The banana (Musa acuminata) genome and the evolution of monocotyledonous plants : Nature : Nature Publishing Group

Promusa - Mobilizing banana science for sustainable livelihoods | First glimpse at the banana genome : News and analysis

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