CORVALLIS, Ore. — Researchers at Oregon State University have helped sequence the genome of a wild strawberry, laying the groundwork for genetic improvements to related fruits like apples, peaches and pears.
The advance was published today in…
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OSU helps decode strawberry genome in bid to improve fruit
Industry collaboration enhances academic science, sociologist finds
New research suggests that private industry and academic science pursue different goals with different consequences, but that the two can still be complementary.
Over the past three decades, private funding and collaboration in university-based re…
Walk in the park yields biological treasure
Scientists trying to get a grip on the arms race between plant-eating insects and the defenses put up by their hosts just got a boost from new research by a University of Arizona entomologist published in the early view edition of Molecular Ecol…