Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Potato & late blight genomes sequenced



The Potato Genome Sequencing Consortium recently announced the complete genome sequencing of the cultivated potato plant, Solanum tuberosum L.

This comes hot on the heels of the genetic sequencing of one of its infamous enemies, Phytophthora infestans, the cause of late blight.

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