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DuPont accelerates the process of sequencing of the maize genome
14/04/2004
on April 14, 2004
Scientists working on the sequencing of the maize genome received with enthusiasm the statement of the National Association of growers of corn (NCGA) in which it was announced that three major industries of the sector will share the data with this genome sequence. The valuable information that will provide the subsidiary of DuPont, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, as well as Ceres and Monsanto, together with data on the sequence of the genome of maize which are already in the public domain, they will contribute to accelerate the process of identification of the set of genes that make it up.
The data will be made available to scientists in a database on the Internet, and possibly will be housed in the center of scientific Botany Donald Danforth, a prestigious institution non-profit. Be able to access the information, the scientists must sign a contract of assignment of rights that can be downloaded from the website of the NCGA, www.ncga.com
To have exclusive data of Ceres, Monsanto and DuPont, the process of sequencing the genome of maize could be completed by 2007, a few years before what would have taken of not carrying out this initiative.
