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Three Oil Palm Genomes Sequenced Completely
Written by WTJ on November 11, 2009 – 7:04 pm -
Palm oil is the world most consumed edible oil. Palm oil is also used as important source of biofuel.
The Genome of oil palms, the plant that produces palm oil, had been sequenced by consortium led by Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB), Orion Genomics and the Advanced Biotechnology and Breeding Centre. The sequence completion announced by Datuk Dr Mohd Basri Wahid, director-general of MPOB, at that International Palm Oil Congress 2009. The consortium sequenced three oil palm genomes from two palm species, which are Elaeis oleifera and Elaeis guineensis (namely pisifera and dura palm). It is hoped that the completed sequences will help to understand and improve oil yields and resistance to diseases.
MPOB and Orion Genomics will also collaborate with Mogene LC to study epigenetics make-up, a study of mechanisms that turn on and off genes, of the palms to develop oil palms with higher and more rapid yields.
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Tags: Advanced Biotechnology and Breeding Centre, biofuel, Datuk Dr Mohd Basri Wahid, dura palm, Elaeis guineensis, Elaeis oleifera, epigenetic, genome, International Palm Oil Congress 2009, Malaysian Palm Oil Board, Mogene LC, MPOB, oil palm, Orion Genomics, palm, palm oil, pisifera palm, sequence, sequencing
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