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“It was 1963,” Hopkins recalls. “The genetic code was just being cracked at that time. We were still trying to figure out what genes are and how gene expression is controlled.”
For the investors who have sunk $1.5 billion into biotech start-ups, the journey from the laboratory to the marketplace has seemed agonizingly long. The industry was born in the 1970s, when scientists developed techniques for manipulating genes and converting bacterial and animal cells into tiny factories that could mass...
Then, too, some of the plants may have as yet undiscovered characteristics important to agriculture: for example, resistance to disease or drought. Using new recombinant DNA techniques, scientists look forward to identifying the genes that confer these traits and transferring them from wild plants to crop plants. By preserving the...
SOCIOBIOLOGICAL. Jealousy is in the genes because it is evolutionarily adaptive. The ape (or human) who chases off a rival enhances his chances to get his genes into the next generation. Males are jealous because they can never be sure of paternity; females, because they need males to help protect...
Joan of Arcadia's JASON RITTER, 25, inherited acting genes from his dad John and singing-cowboy granddad Tex. This summer he'll tackle drama in Happy Endings.