Sentence examples for improved traits from inspiring English sources
The disclosure this week of He's research — carried out in southern China mostly under a shroud of secrecy — has sparked urgent debate about the ethics of gene editing and raised the prospect of a future in which parents produce "designer babies" with selectively improved traits such as intelligence or strength.
Similarly, alleles associated with the improved traits related to yield from two other O. rufipogon accessions were introgressed into the Chinese cultivars TeQing (Tan et al. 2007) and Guichao 2 (Tian et al. 2006).
Table 2 Near Isogenic Lines (NILs) developed in IR64 genetic background with genes conferring novel and improved traits Trait/QTL Comments References Submergence tolerance (SUB1) The SUB1 major gene was introduced by Marker Assisted Backcrossing (MABC) into IR64 and released in several countries.
Thus, the improved traits by transgenic modifications, such as greater resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses and greater tolerance to herbicides, could potentially pass to the weedy rice and its sexually compatible Oryza species to make them super weeds.
An important problem encountered when breeding for improved traits is negative correlations between favorable traits.
Mutation scanning technology has been used to develop crop species with improved traits.
They run experiments in different corn plots trying to improve traits in both varieties of corn grain and corn silage.
Various strategies of plant breeding have been employed to improve traits of many ornamental plants.
To do this he melded traditional methods to improve traits and up-to-date biotechnology, producing hardier varieties, enhanced fiber quality and easier harvesting.
Cloning and expression analysis of these two genes will contribute to the understanding of molecular basis in stress-induced carotenoid accumulation, which is favorable for performing metabolic and genetic engineering to improve traits of D. parva.
However, because there is a growing recognition that taste and flavor are key components of tomato marketability, greater emphasis is now being placed on improving traits like sugar content.
