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Engineering avocados that withstand global warming
Climate change is threatening the supply of avocados. So scientists in Mexico and the U.S. have now mapped the DNA of several popular varieties of avocados, include Hass.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readClimate change is threatening the supply of avocados. So scientists in Mexico and the U.S. have now mapped the DNA of several popular varieties of avocados, include Hass. Eventually, they want to modify the genes of these avocados to help them better withstand the changing climate.
