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Scientists Discover That Tomato is "Mother" of Potatoes SAMPLE
Scientists Discover That Tomato is "Mother" of Potatoes
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科研人员发现番茄为马铃薯之母
科研人员发现番茄为马铃薯之母

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Keywords
马铃薯 - mǎlíngshǔ - potato
揭示 - jiēshì - to show / to make known
诞生 - dànshēng - to be born
基因 - jīyīn - gene (loanword)
联姻 - liányīn - related by marriage / to connect by marriage (families, work units)
携手 - xiéshǒu - hand in hand / to join hands / to collaborate
期刊 - qīkān - periodical
起源 - qǐyuán - origin / to originate / to come from
杂交 - zájiāo - to hybridise / to crossbreed
器官 - qìguān - organ (part of body tissue) / apparatus
遗传 - yíchuán - heredity / inheritance / to transmit
育种 - yùzhǒng - to breed / breeding
身世 - shēnshì - one's life experience / one's lot
谜 - mí - riddle
形态 - xíngtài - shape / form / pattern / morphology
亲缘 - qīnyuán - affinity / family relationship / consanguinity
栽培 - zāipéi - to grow / to cultivate / to train / to educate / to patronise
基因组 - jīyīnzǔ - genome
测序 - cèxù - sequencing
亲子鉴定 - qīnzǐ jiàndìng - paternity or maternity test
个体 - gètǐ - individual
植株 - zhízhū - plant (horticulture)
推测 - tuīcè - speculation / to conjecture / to surmise / to speculate
混血儿 - hùnxuè'ér - person of mixed blood
验证 - yànzhèng - to inspect and verify / experimental verification / to validate (a theory) / to authenticate
猜想 - cāixiǎng - to guess / to conjecture / to suppose / to suspect
质体 - zhìtǐ - plastid / plasmid
母本 - mǔběn - maternal parent
父本 - fùběn - paternal parent
呈现 - chéngxiàn - to appear / to emerge / to present (a certain appearance) / to demonstrate
镶嵌 - xiāngqiàn - to inlay / to embed / to set (e.g. a jewel in a ring) / tiling / tessellation
马赛克 - mǎsàikè - mosaic (loanword)
Grammar
据悉… - Expressing "according to reports / it is reported (that)…" with "jùxī…"
据悉,这项研究由中国农业科学院深圳农业基因研究所的研究团队以及兰州大学的一名研究人员,携手加拿大与英国的研究团队共同进行。
进而… - Expressing "and then... (what follows next)" with "jìn'ér…"
结果发现,所有马铃薯个体都包含来自类马铃薯和番茄植株稳定且平衡的遗传贡献,研究人员也进而由此推测,马铃薯可能是二者杂交产生的“混血儿”。
由此可见… - Expressing "from this, it can be seen that…" with "yóucǐkějiàn…"
由此可见,马铃薯是类马铃薯与番茄杂交产生的物种。
自此… - Expressing "since then / henceforth…" with "zìcǐ…"
自此,马铃薯的“身世之谜”也终于水落石出。
Proper Nouns
中国农业科学院 - Zhōngguó Nóngyè Kēxuéyuàn - Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science深圳农业基因研究所 - Shēnzhèn Nóngyè Jīyīn Yánjiūsuǒ - Agricultural Genomics Institute in Shenzhen
兰州大学 - Lánzhōu Dàxué - Lanzhou University
细胞 - Xìbāo - Cell (peer-reviewed scientific journal)
Idioms
水落石出 - shuǐluòshíchū - as the water recedes, the rocks appear / the truth comes to light
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