At the intersection of big data, forestry, and genomics, a biotech startup has birthed a generation of “elite” blight-resistant American chestnut trees through a single gene insertion, rather than deep genetic tinkering. The company is inspired by saving American hardwoods that have been ravaged by an introduced fungal disease, and says their proprietary approach could […]
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