Success with 'cisgenics' in forestry offers new tools for biotechnology

Wednesday, June 9, 2010 - 08:30 in Biology & Nature

Forestry scientists at Oregon State University have demonstrated for the first time that the growth rate and other characteristics of trees can be changed through 'cisgenics' - a type of genetic engineering that is conceptually similar to traditional plant breeding...

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