Cracked Corn: Scientists Solve Maize's Genetic Maze
Thursday, November 19, 2009 - 18:21
in Biology & Nature
The complex corn genome--coming in at a hearty two billion base pairs (compared with the human genome's 2.9 billion base pairs)--has been mapped by more than 150 researchers, who worked for years to decipher the grain's genetic code . It's the most complicated plant genome to be deciphered to date and promises to increase the efficiency of the crop itself. [More]