Looks like the USDA, Mars (the candy company), and IBM are partnering up to sequence the Cacao plants genome for everyone to use. Here is the article over at BBC News.
Theobroma cacao to be sequenced, Oompa Loompa genome to follow.
Posted on June 26th, 2008 by Chris Villalta · 3 Comments
Categories: genome
Tags: cacao, chocolate, genome, genomes, news, plant, sequencing
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1 Genome survey sequencing of Witches’ Broom // Nov 23, 2008 at 2:19 pm
[...] Theobroma cacao to be sequenced, Oompa Loompa genome to follow. [...]
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2 Genomics resource blog roundup | The OpenHelix Blog // Jul 10, 2008 at 1:32 pm
[...] Genomes Blog (yes, there is one!) blogs about the Oompa Loompa genome that is sure to come soon (now that the sequencing of the Theobroma cacao genome has been announced [...]
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3 Fred Schechter // Jul 10, 2008 at 10:54 am
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