Researchers at Australia’s CSIRO announced they’ve found the gene that makes apples red. A little tweaking and who knows what apples will look like? Not to mention, the colorful compounds in fruits and veggies are good for you.
For those of us who aren’t afraid of a little frankenfood, meatri, and the like, this just promises to make our fruit bowls a little more interesting in years to come. Blue apples will be cool, but polka dots and stripes would be awesome! Here’s a PDF fact sheet, and the media release.
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