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Monday, April 10, 2006

Discovery of anti-freeze gene may be boon for crops - Yahoo! News: "SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian scientists have discovered an 'anti-freeze gene' that allows Antarctic grass to survive at minus 30 Celsius (minus 22 Fahrenheit), saying it could prevent multi-million-dollar crop losses from frost.

'It's a gene from the saltgrass that managed to colonise the Antarctic peninsula called Antarctic Hairgrass,' said Professor German Spangenberg from La Trobe University in Victoria state."

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