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• Scientists unlock clues for tailoring corn plant for food, energy ...

  Science Daily - Found Nov. 19, 2009 ... is what's behind the superiority of hybrids. When the genetic material from the two very different parents combine, the offspring ends up with... Sweet corn story begins in genomicist's lab - Science Daily Plant scientist uncovers clues to yield-boosting quirks of corn ... - Science Daily Scientists crack corn code: Reference genome of maize, most ... - Science Daily Corn genome sequenced; given away to farmers, seed companies - USA Today Explore All

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• China Helps the Powerful in Namibia

  New York Times - Found Nov. 20, 2009 So far this year, the Beijing government has secretly awarded scholarships to study in China to the offspring of nine top officials, including to the ... China Helps the Powerful in Namibia - New York Times China helped privileged Namibia youths - UPI Scholarships fuel fury in Namibia - South China Morning Post China helps the powerful in Namibia - Today Online Explore All

• NeoEdge Gains Pogo Founders Through Merger with Offspring

  TMC Net - Found Nov. 19, 2009 ... s strong technical advertising platform with the Offspring teams' business and game development acumen and deep knowledge in the casual and... Game ad firm NeoEdge merges with game developer, hires new CEO - Industry Standard NeoEdge Gains Pogo Founders Through Merger with Offspring - Earthtimes.org Explore All

• Su Tong's Boat to Redemption wins Man Asian Literary Prize

  CBC - Found Nov. 17, 2009 ... his son after his false claim that he's the offspring of a revolutionary martyr is exposed. The three writers on the jury called the novel 'a... Communist novel wins Asian prize - BBC Chinese Writer Su Tong Wins Asia's Top Literary Prize - ABC News Communist novel wins Asian prize - BBC Chinese writer Su Tong wins Asia's top literary prize - Reuters Explore All

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• Thyroid 'risk from pre-eclampsia'

  BBC - Found Nov. 17, 2009 ... has been linked to lower IQs in the offspring." Dr Susan Shurin, acting director of NICHD, said: "The findings suggest that the possible... Thyroid 'risk from pre-eclampsia' - BBC Health outcomes of children fathered by patients treated with ... - MDLinx Radioactive iodine for hyperthyroidism in children and adolescents: ... - MDLinx Rockland Residents Get Tested For Thyroid Cancer - WCBS-TV Explore All

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• In Search of the Geep

  New York Times - Found Nov. 16, 2009 If a sheep and a goat mate, is the offspring a geep? Member ID orE-Mail Address: Password: Remember me on this computer.

• Theater Review | 'Ragtime': I Hear America Singing, in Syncopation

  New York Times - Found Nov. 15, 2009 ... complacent life in New Rochelle, N.Y., shadowed by the discovery of an abandoned black baby in their garden. That?s the offspring of Sarah... I Hear America Singing, in Syncopation - New York Times Broadway revival of 'Ragtime' plucks at the heartstrings - USA Today Take a trip back in heartstring-plucking 'Ragtime' - USA Today Take a trip back in heartstring-plucking 'Ragtime' - USA Today Explore All

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• Self-fertile hermaphrodite, a worm that does it all

  Philadelphia Inquirer - Found Nov. 16, 2009 ... the males just yet. If C. elegans didn't also reproduce the old-fashioned way, the genetic diversity of the species would suffer. The offspring... Simple gene modification makes it happen. - Philadelphia Inquirer Self-fertile hermaphrodite, a worm that does it all - Philly.com Explore All

• Mutant genes 'key to long life'

  BBC - Found Nov. 14, 2009 175 of their offspring; and 93 other people who were the offspring of parents who had lived a normal lifespan and could therefore make up a... Mutant genes 'key to long life' - BBC Scientists identify gene that can help you live to 100 - Telegraph Scientists identify a long life gene - Telegraph Explore All

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