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Coffee Bean Gene Mapped

Posted by timothy on from the scientific-priorities dept.

brian6string writes "According to this article at ABC News Online (Australia), scientists in (where else?) Brazil say they have created the first complete map of the genetic structure of the coffee plant and Brazil's Agriculture Minister says the country will now work to develop a 'super coffee.'"

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  1. obvious mod by Froze · · Score: 4, Funny

    Make it produce 20 times the caffiene of a normal bean. Then it can compete with brazils other export the coca plant.

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