GMOS
What was the name of the first ever GMO?
What is a (Flavrsavr) Tomato
How many plant species were used?
11
In a major diagnostic showdown across 186 samples, this chloroplast-derived gene marker earned the "superstar" title by nailing a 97.8% taxonomic accuracy rate.
What is rbcL?
What was the name of the infamous 1990's disease that plagued the Hawaiian economy?
What is the Papaya Ringspot Virus
What was the quantitative value used to determine if a GM sequence was present in a sample?
Depth per position calculation
Though a top-tier detective for corn and soy, rbcL was completely blind to this specific textile crop due to poor primer binding, forcing scientists to rely entirely on the ITS barcode.
What is cotton?