date:Dec 20, 2013
n the middle of a sentence - it signals the reader to stop. In the case of the sorghum mutant, it halts the production of a functional protein.
The sequencing technique allowed Tuinstra and Dilkes to identify the single nucleotide within the sorghum genome of 790 million base pairs that slowed the release of cyanide in the mutant plant.
This study is an example of how new methods in DNA sequencing can now be used to unlock the genetic mechanisms of sorghum performance, Tuinstra said.
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