广播电视英语短句 第 280 课：马铃薯基因-3

Most potato varieties carry four separate copies of their genes. 大多数品种的马铃薯有四种基因副本。

But the researchers did much of their work with a phureja, a kind of a potato that has only one copy. 但研究人员正在对phureja马铃薯进行研究，这种马铃薯只有一种基因副本。

Richard Veilleux, a professor at Virginia Tech, provided that variety of potato. 弗吉尼亚理工大学的Richard Veillexus教授提供了这种马铃薯。

Plant biologist Robin Buell at Michigan State University also worked on the genome. 密西根州立大学的植物生物学家Robin Buell也在研究这种基因组。

She says it will improve understanding of other crops because potatoes are related to tomatoes, peppers and eggplants. 她说这将有利于更好的了解其他农作物，因为马铃薯和番茄、辣椒以及茄子有相关性。