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News Release 11-216
Progress Towards Developing Plants That Accommodate Climate Change
The genetic basis of a plant's adaptability to climate is identified
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The adaptability of a strain of the Arabidopsis plant to any particular climate is determined by a relatively small number of genes--in most cases, around 100 genes. In this study, these genes were identified in various strains of Arabidopsis.
Credit: Zina Deretsky, National Science Foundation
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The researchers' work is described in the October 7, 2011 issue of the journal Science.
Credit: Copyright AAAS 2011
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