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"maff" |
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03 Dec 2004 05:36:39 AM |
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Solanum lycopersicon esculentum |
Scientists start hunt for tomato's source
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1361634,00.html
Multimillion-pound, three-year DNA project will improve understanding
of some of world's most valuable crops
Tim Radford, science editor
Monday November 29, 2004
The Guardian
Scientists have begun a multi-million-pound attempt to untangle the
genetic secrets of the tomato.
Teams from Britain and several other countries will spend three years
unravelling the DNA of Solanum lycopersicon esculentum - the tomato's
revised taxonomic label.
Tim Radford
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&selm=18510aff.0409080110.140bc198%40posting.google.com
Solanum lycopersicon esculentum
http://news.google.com/news?q=%20%22Solanum%20lycopersicon%20esculentum%22&num=100&hl=en&lr=&sa=N&tab=gn
http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Solanum+lycopersicon+esculentum%22&num=100&hl=en&lr=&tab=nw&ie=UTF-8&sa=N
http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Solanum+lycopersicon+esculentum%22&num=100&hl=en&lr=&output=search&cat=gwd/Top
http://groups.google.com/groups?as_epq=Solanum%20lycopersicon%20esculentum&safe=images&as_scoring=d&lr=&num=100&hl=en
polyploid diploid
http://news.google.com/news?q=%20polyploid%20OR%20diploid&num=100&hl=en&lr=&sa=N&tab=gn
http://www.google.com/search?q=polyploid+OR+diploid&num=100&hl=en&lr=&tab=nw&ie=UTF-8&sa=N
http://www.google.com/search?q=polyploid+OR+diploid&num=100&hl=en&lr=&output=search&cat=gwd/Top
http://groups.google.com/groups?as_oq=polyploid%20diploid&safe=images&as_scoring=d&lr=&num=100&hl=en
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| User: "Uncle Davey" |
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| Title: Re: Solanum lycopersicon esculentum |
04 Dec 2004 04:07:01 PM |
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Użytkownik "maff" <maff91@yahoo.com> napisał w wiadomości
news:18510aff.0412030351.4e2ff5e7@posting.google.com...
Scientists start hunt for tomato's source
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1361634,00.html
Multimillion-pound, three-year DNA project will improve understanding
of some of world's most valuable crops
Tim Radford, science editor
Monday November 29, 2004
The Guardian
Scientists have begun a multi-million-pound attempt to untangle the
genetic secrets of the tomato.
Teams from Britain and several other countries will spend three years
unravelling the DNA of Solanum lycopersicon esculentum - the tomato's
revised taxonomic label.
Lycopersicon?
A wolf's peach?
Odd name for a tomato.
I wonder where they got off calling it that.
Uncle Davey
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| User: "John McKendry" |
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| Title: Re: Solanum lycopersicon esculentum |
04 Dec 2004 05:25:36 PM |
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On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 22:07:01 +0000, Uncle Davey wrote:
Użytkownik "maff" <maff91@yahoo.com> napisał w wiadomości
news:18510aff.0412030351.4e2ff5e7@posting.google.com...
Scientists start hunt for tomato's source
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1361634,00.html
Multimillion-pound, three-year DNA project will improve understanding
of some of world's most valuable crops
Tim Radford, science editor
Monday November 29, 2004
The Guardian
Scientists have begun a multi-million-pound attempt to untangle the
genetic secrets of the tomato.
Teams from Britain and several other countries will spend three years
unravelling the DNA of Solanum lycopersicon esculentum - the tomato's
revised taxonomic label.
Lycopersicon?
A wolf's peach?
Odd name for a tomato.
I wonder where they got off calling it that.
Uncle Davey
According to
http://www.hort.wisc.edu/mastergardener/Features/vegetables/tomatoes/
tomorigin/tomato%20origin.htm
(URL is wrapped),
Linnaeus named the tomato "lycopersicon" because it was recognizably
related to the deadly nightshade, Atropus belladonna, and nightshade
was believed to be used by witches to conjure werewolves. They also
claim that the German name for "tomato" translates to "wolf peach";
I wish they had said exactly which German word they have in mind,
because I'm pretty sure "Tomate" isn't it.
John
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