Fern’s evolution gives arsenic tolerance that may clean toxic land

Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 15:29 in Biology & Nature

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Isolating a gene that allows a type of fern to tolerate high levels of arsenic, Purdue University researchers hope to use the finding to create plants that can clean up...

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