Starch-controlling gene fuels protein
Friday, May 4, 2012 - 09:10
in Biology & Nature
Researchers from Iowa State University (ISU) have introduced a newly discovered gene, found only in Arabidopsis thaliana plants, into soybean plants and increased the amount of protein in the soybean seeds by 30 to 60 percent.
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