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Plant genetics

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CRISPR Cultivates an Arabidopsis Rose Rainbow

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Scientists Divided on Mexico’s Genetically Modified Corn Ban

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Plant Genomics is Blooming, and It Could Change How We Grow Food

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Plant Biologist Jane Silverthorne Dies at 69

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Meet the Algae That Went from Male/Female to Hermaphroditic

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Canada Approves World’s First Plant-Based COVID-19 Vaccine

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Sunflowers’ Bee-Attracting Ultraviolet Also Helps Retain Moisture

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Investigating Genetic and Epigenetic Landscapes with Long-Read Sequencing

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Stress-Response Compound Widespread in Animals Is Found in Plants

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How a Forensic Biologist Exposed a DNA Lab Scandal That Shook Australia

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Universe 25 Experiment

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One Gene Influences 75 Percent of Alzheimer’s Disease Cases

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Postdoc Portrait: Rohita Roy

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From Data to Discovery: Omics in Therapeutic Innovation

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Exploring Organoids for Disease Modeling Research

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A Stubborn Gene, a Failed Experiment, and a New Path

When experiments refuse to cooperate, you try again and again. For Rafael Najmanovich, the setbacks ultimately pushed him in a new direction.

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