Scientists lay bare Irish potato famine blight * The Register - 0 views
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jbdrury on 02 Oct 09As you can see in the title, The Register is a science and IT periodical based in the U.K.
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Scientists lay bare Irish potato famine blight
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Scientists have successfully sequenced the genome of Phytophthora infestans - the potato blight mould which in the 1840s devasted Irish potato crops, leading to the deaths of one million people.
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This is the most watered-down, non-scientific explanation of the genome sequencing project on the potato blight that caused the Irish Potato Famine. It's pretty interesting in-and-of-itself, and I think studying a subject like this provides a unique opportunity to coordinate curricula with the science department of your school.