- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
Published on: March 25, 2010
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Research photos published in Nature.
A UC Davis plant scientist has discovered a reliable way to produce plants that carry genetic material from only one parent, a breakthrough that could speed up crop plant breeding programs, according to a letter published today in the online journal Nature.
Assistant professor of plant biology, Simon Chan, said the chance discovery was at first thought to be a mistake.
"We were doing completely 'blue skies' research, and we discovered something that is immediately useful," Chan was quoted in the UC Davis news release about the research.
The research was...
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