El nuevo genoma de referencia de este maíz podría ayudar a cultivar líneas genéticamente modificadas más fácilmente
El patito feo del maíz puede guardar la llave para tener mejores granos en el futuro.
Nadia Mourad Silva
Nadia Mourad Silva is a Ph.D. student at the University of Florida studying maize genetics and physiology. She is currently working on understanding sugar metabolism in the kernel. Nadia strives to be a lifelong learner and enjoys explaining complicated concepts in ways anyone can understand. When she is not in the field or the lab, she helps run her tropical plant nursery with her partner.
New maize reference genome may help grow genetically modified lines of corn more easily
The ugly duckling of corn may hold the key to having better grains in the future.