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Topic: uc-riverside

Avocados growing on a tree

Friday, 7/31, 04:55 PM

A Gene Found at UC Davis and UC Riverside Could Cut Years Off Avocado Breeding

Avocado trees come in two flowering types that have to pollinate each other, and until now the only way to know which type a seedling was involved waiting five to ten years for it to bloom.
A gene identified this week lets breeders read it off the DNA instead.

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