MSU to create genomic clearinghouse for biofuel crops
Saturday, August 16, 2008 - 20:21
in Biology & Nature
Michigan State University scientists, armed with a half-million-dollar federal grant, are creating an easily accessible, Web-based genomic database of information on crops that can be used to make ethanol.
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