Monday, January 19, 2009

First tree joins genome club

Nature News 11th September 2006
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David Brill

Poplar sequence could help to turn trees into better fuels.

The first tree genome has been published. Armed with this information about the black cottonwood poplar (Populus trichocarpa), researchers hope they will be able to make the tree a better source of renewable energy.

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