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 Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 10:45 am |
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msnbc.com - Alan Boyle -
About 350 experts from 50 countries will be meeting in Mexico over the
next week to discuss the rising number of applications for the
technology. One of the major items on the agenda is to seal a global
deal to extend the DNA barcode system to plants.
That could help genetic sleuths to get a better handle on where timber
is being harvested illegally, where herbal medicines really come from,
and where plant diseases are being spread.
"Biodiversity scientists are using DNA technology to unravel
mysteries, much like detectives use it to solve crimes," David
Schindel, executive secretary of the Consortium for the Barcode of
Life, said in a news release previewing the weeklong Mexico City
meeting. "It is having a profound impact on our understanding of
organisms in nature and how they interact with the environment."
The international consortium and the Instituto Biologia at the
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico are co-hosts of the meeting at
the Mexican Academy of Sciences. Researchers will be sharing the
success stories they've accumulated over the past six years.
http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/11/06/2120992.aspx |
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