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GENETIC ENGINEERING

on BBC Radio 3

A series of eight programmes on how the most fundamental of the biological sciences is being used in a new technology 4: Plants made to measure by DR. RALPH RILEY
The Plant Breeding Institute Cambridge
Wheat breeding-for long the selection of the best from the best and hoping for the best-has been greatly helped by the ability of breeders to manipulate chromosomes and even single genes. It seems quite possible that research on the chromosomes of wheat may also indicate ways to prevent some human cellular abnormalities.

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Dr. Ralph Riley

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