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Researchers at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory identified key differences in gene regulation between tomato and Arabidopsis thaliana plants, which could explain challenges in crop engineering. This breakthrough, revealing how mutations affect plant growth and development, highlights the importance of understanding genetic regulation to enhance predictability and efficiency in agriculture. Credit: SciTechDaily.comhelped sequence the first plant genome.
Mutations in the CLV3 gene can dramatically increase fruit size, as seen in tomatoes and Arabidopsis thaliana . Credit: Lippman lab/Cold Spring Harbor LaboratoryArabidopsis thaliana. They then analyzed the effect each mutation had on plant growth and development. When the DNA keeping Danielle Ciren, a recent CSHL School of Biological Sciences graduate who led this study, explains, “ helps plants develop normally.