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Posted on Nov 17, 2003, 2 p.m.
By Bill Freeman
From China View: Scientists announced Saturday that they have nearly finished the genome map of the silkworm, a breakthrough which could benefit the silk industry all over the world. Scientists from the Beijing Genome Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and China's Southwest Agricultural University said that though Japan, France, the United States and Britain were all working on it, China was first to complete the draft genome map of the silkworm.
From China View: Scientists announced Saturday that they have nearly finished the genome map of the silkworm, a breakthrough which could benefit the silk industry all over the world. Scientists from the Beijing Genome Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and China's Southwest Agricultural University said that though Japan, France, the United States and Britain were all working on it, China was first to complete the draft genome map of the silkworm. Since the project...
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