Jared Westbrook -- Saving Trees With Genetic Engineering

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Jared Westbrook -- Saving Trees With Genetic Engineering

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Oct 28, 2019

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An interview with Dr. Jared Westbrook of the American Chestnut Foundation, in which he describes how his organization is using genetic engineering to return the American Chestnut to our forests, and discusses the implications of this work for other endangered trees

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Oct 28, 2019

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