Implications of Recent Plant Genetics Discovery

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JohnBW1973
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Yesterday, Wired put out an article on a discovery made by scientists at the John Innes Research Center in Norwich, England. You can read it for yourself here: https://www.wired.com/story/mystery-sol ... p-growing/

The authors of the Wired article summarize it this way: "It could have broad implications for understanding cell size regulation in animals and humans, and may even influence the future of crop production."

They say that this discovery could lead to increased food yields. Combine this with other recent advances in GMO research and who knows what it could mean for the future of agriculture and meeting worldwide food demands. But the even more encouraging thing is that these researchers think it could also be used to address climate change by creating larger crops that trap more carbon in their roots/soil.

Talk about killing two birds with one stone.
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