Fern's evolution gives arsenic tolerance that may clean toxic land

Monday, June 14, 2010 - 00:20 in Biology & Nature

Isolating a gene that allows a type of fern to tolerate high levels of arsenic, researchers hope to use the finding to create plants that can clean up soils and waters contaminated by the toxic metal.

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