Thursday, April 16, 2015

A New Tree

 
 
Professor Simon Turner from the Faculty of Life Sciences led the research: "The rate at which trees grow is determined by the rate of cell division in the stem. We have identified two genes that are able to drive cell division in the stem and so override the normal growth pattern." The two genes they found were PXY and CLE. They control the growth of the tree trunk, when overexpressed the trees grew faster, wider, taller and produced more leaves.
 
I think this is great research being done and can lead to a better future. It could help with global warming. It would lead to more oxygen being released into the air than CO2. Because at the rate we at we will be walking around with oxygen tanks on our backs.
 
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