Sunday, June 2, 2013

That Old Chestnut...

...might be coming back soon to a forest near you.  American Chestnut, that is – the one practically wiped out by an invading fungus from imported Japanese Chestnuts.  Clever geneticists have modified American Chestnut DNA to include resistance to that fungus, and it looks possible that a reintroduction could succeed.

Until the anti-GMO crowd starts squawking, anyway...

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