Researchers seek to preserve Earth's genomic plant diversity
Friday, July 10, 2015 - 06:10
in Biology & Nature
The Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History announced today that scientists with the museum's Global Genome Initiative will attempt to capture the genomic diversity of half the world's living plant genera in the next two years. To start, GGI scientists and field teams from the museum's Department of Botany have begun sampling plants in the holdings of Smithsonian Gardens, the U.S. Botanic Garden and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's U.S. National Arboretum.