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Pigmented Mexican limes

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Ilya11:
Anthocyanin containing  pigmented Mexican limes were produced in Florida by transgenic insertion of genes from red grape (Vitis):

 

 and Moro orange:



http://journal.ashspublications.org/content/141/1/54.abstract   

Luisport:
WOW! Impressive, i didn't know about this. Thank's!  ;D

Millet:
Thanks Ilya for the pictures.  If one looks on the Internet concerning transgenic transfer with the Mexican Lime (Key lime) as the receiving agent, there is a lot of information on various transferred genes, such as the CTV gene to control of CTV virus in the lime..   Gene splicing has unlimited capabilities.

Ilya11:
It is because Key lime has a very short juvenile period, an easy target.

Millet:
Yes, Key lime's juvenile period from seed to fruit is 2-3 years.  If it is a gene that determines the juvenile period of a tree, I wonder if it could be spliced into other citrus varieties that have long juvenile times frames to greatly reduce the waiting time from seed to maturity.

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