Kevin Folta
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Yeah, in the asteroid belt one.
Well, yeah, this was the work that was done.
We've mentioned this briefly with Judd Ward and the folks.
I can't remember the name of the company now.
But the newest, it's a new technique that is involving doubling the genetic material inside of a cell.
So basically creating a, not just the old polyploids, but actually creating hybrids from hybrids.
So allowing complete genetic sets being passed down.
So you're not getting genetic mixing in each generation.
That's right.
Well, I'm a molecular biologist by training.
I ended up working in plants, and we do a lot of work in genomics, mostly around flavors and aromas, but other major plant traits that are involved in horticulture, traits that are important for farmers.
Not so much.
I'm out of strawberries now.
You don't have strawberries?
No.
That's right.
We did.
And all those strawberries went in the autoclave, unfortunately.
Oh.
We created a fungus-resistant strawberry, but the industry wouldn't use it, so it's gone now.
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