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Natural tech for ‘dimming’ genes brings transformative potential to agriculture
Texas A&M AgriLife researcher helps outline RNAi alternative to ‘knock out’ technology in thought piece Until the 1992 advent of a tomato that could delay softening, the fruit was picked green to withstand shipping. The delayed-softening trait was an example of the gene-silencing technique RNA interference, RNAi, before the underlying mechanism was understood and the…
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