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That promised quicker results from conventional plant breeding, partly because it established where the beta carotene “pathway” sat in the rice code.

A scientist from the biotech company Syngenta, which now includes Zeneca, said: “All the canada goose coats genes are present in rice. canada goose coats on sale One could make a non GM vitamin A rice simply by studying those canada goose clearance sale genes in a more focused way.”

Golden rice may prove part of the answer to vitamin A deficiency, though not the comprehensive solution it seemed to be.

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