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[nafex] Genetic engineering and fruit domestication



I notice that a recent article in the New Scientist reports the 
discovery of a "gene for giant fruit" and quotes one investigator as 
saying "we could have a speeded-up way of domesticating a crop." See

http://www.newscientist.com/news/news_224737.html

I suspect that Murphy's Law might have something to say about that, 
but it's an interesting idea.

Doug Woodard



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