Transgenic Papaya Genome Draft Yields Many Fruits

Courtesy ScienceDaily  Thu, 04/24/2008 - 13:00

Researchers have produced a first draft of the papaya genome. This draft sheds new light on the evolution of flowering plants.

And because it involves a genetically modified plant, the newly sequenced papaya genome offers the most detailed picture yet of the genetic changes that make the plant resistant to the papaya ringspot virus.

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