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Researchers have successfully transferred a gene to produce tobacco plants that lack pollen and viable seeds, while otherwise growing normally (news.ncsu.edu)
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[–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 29 points 1 year ago (8 children)

For those of you wondering how this is useful, tobacco is often used as a model organism in botany. The utility of this technique is less obvious in tobacco but more obvious in fruits, vegetables, etc. think seedless grapes, etc

[–] xilliah@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Could you elaborate? It's interesting but I still don't understand why it's useful.

[–] adriator@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'd love to see a seedless watermelon. It'd be less of a hassle to eat them.

[–] darkmatterstyx@lemmy.fmhy.net 4 points 1 year ago

Seedless watermelon tases like nothing. I'd love to see seeded watermelon again.

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