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gene bank

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gene bank [′jēn ‚baŋk]
(genetics)


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This will be the third biggest gene bank of the world and is expected to be concluded in December, 2009.
Growing conditions and food demands change rapidly and breeders never know which variety stored in a crop gene bank somewhere in the world is going to be that proverbial needle in the haystack that will provide the critical trait that can literally make the difference between abundance and starvation," said Fowler.
When hostilities subside, a country can begin rebuilding its gene bank with seeds from half a world away.
 
 
 
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