Researchers have assessed the potential to convert 15 weed species found west of Brisbane into biomass pellets, which were ...

In one related plant – the forest nightshade – the team found that knocking out both copies of a duplicate gene called CLV3 turned the fruit all “weird, bubbly, disorganized.” ...

The Hidden Impact of Duplicate Genes In forest nightshade, an Australian wild relative of common crops, scientists experimented by turning off both duplicates of the CLV3 gene. The result?

Turning off both copies of the CLV3 gene paralogs in the forest nightshade native to Australia, for example, resulted in plants that the researchers described as “weird, bubbly, disorganized ...

“Nightshade is just saying, ‘Hey, if you take this without my consent, there might be consequences to that,’” said Ortiz, who is part of a class-action lawsuit filed against Stability AI ...