Epigenetic modification represents new ways to breed plants and animals by selectively turning gene expression on and off to create new lineages without altering genes.

May 31, 2017

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First step taken toward epigenetically modified cotton
Upland cotton (right) evolved from the hybridization of two ancestral species, one similar to G. raimondii (left) and one similar to G. arboreum (middle). Selection and domestication yielded longer, higher quality fibers than either ancestor.Credit: Chen Laboratory/Univ. of Texas at Austin.

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