In 2009, scientists in Japan announced that they had successfully transferred a gene into a primate species ( marmosets ) and produced a stable line of breeding transgenic primates for the first time.

Two separate patents were issued to Harvard College covering methods for providing a cell culture from a transgenic non-human animal (; filed Mar 22, 1988, issued Feb 11, 1992, expired Feb 11, 2009 ) and testing methods using transgenic mice expressing an oncogene (; filed Sep 19, 1991, issued Jul 20, 1999, expires July 20, 2016 ).

However, a more recent study published in the February 2009 issue of Molecular Ecology confirmed the presence of transgenic DNA in Mexican maize.

2009, compared an analysis of blood and organ system data from trials with rats fed three main commercialized genetically modified types of maize which are present in food and feed in the world.

In 2009, world production of wheat was 682 million tons, making it the second most-produced cereal after maize ( 817 million tons ), and with rice as close third ( 679 million tons ).

The Philippines, South Africa ( biotech cotton, maize, and soybeans often grown by subsistence women farmers ) and another twelve developing countries also grew biotech crops in 2009.

In early 2009 after parliamentary debate on a maize scandal, Ruto was accused of illegally selling maize by Ikolomani MP Bonny Khalwale ( Public Accounts Committee Chairman ).

More than 20, 000 people were forced to leave the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2009, an action the DR Congo said was in retaliation for regular expulsion of Congolese diamond miners who were in Angola illegally.

In July 2009, it was revealed that Universal Studios had won the rights to adapt the game into a film.

The APG III system ( 2009 ) differs only in that the Limnocharitaceae are combined with the Alismataceae ; it was also suggested that the genus Maundia ( of the Juncaginaceae ) could be separated into a monogeneric family, Maundiaceae, but the authors noted that more study was necessary before Maundiaceae could be recognized.

In 2009, one of the subfamilies of Araliaceae was shown to be polyphyletic.

The private transaction was reported in a 2009 article in The Economist, which described Warhol as the " bellwether of the art market ".

In the 1998 version, Alliaceae were a distinct family ; in the 2003 version, combining the Alliaceae with the Agapanthaceae and the Amaryllidaceae sensu stricto was recommended but optional ; in the 2009 version, only the broad circumscription of the Amaryllidaceae is allowed, with the Alliaceae reduced to a subfamily, Allioideae.

A review of the management of degenerative ataxia was published in 2009.

In 2010, retail trade turnover was largely unaltered compared to 2009.

As of late November 2009, the Armenian government's foreign debt was around $ 3 billion USD, having doubled in size over the course of the previous year.

On 10 September 2009, following an Internet campaign, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown made an official public apology on behalf of the British government for " the appalling way he was treated ".

The second generation was led by Fernand Braudel ( 1902 – 1985 ) and included Georges Duby ( 1919 – 1996 ), Pierre Goubert ( 1915 – 2012 ), Robert Mandrou ( 1921 – 1984 ), Pierre Chaunu ( 1923 – 2009 ), Jacques Le Goff ( 1924 – ) and Ernest Labrousse ( 1895 – 1988 ).

It was signed into law on July 26, 1990, by President George H. W. Bush, and later amended with changes effective January 1, 2009.

< li > A unit was sold in September 2009 for $ 17, 000 on eBay.

In March 2009, NYSE Alternext U. S. was changed to NYSE Amex Equities.

In 2009, Aachen was ranked 8th among cities in Germany for innovation.

The building work for the stadium which has a capacity of 32. 960, began in May 2008 and was completed by the beginning of 2009.

By 2009 with natural gas prices at a long-term low, Alberta's economy was in poor health compared to before, although still relatively better than many other comparable jurisdictions.

Alberta was once the smallest of the three Prairie Provinces by population in the early 20th century, but by 2009, Alberta's population was 3, 632, 483 or approximately three times as much as either Saskatchewan ( 1, 023, 810 ) or Manitoba ( 1, 213, 815 ).

The January, 2009 collation of Alarums and Excursions was # 400.

He has written and produced seventy-three full-length plays in Scarborough and London and was, between 1972 and 2009, the artistic director of the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough, where all but four of his plays have received their first performance.

On August 21, 2009 it was announced that the institution had changed its name to Crandall University in honour of Rev.

* 215: 511 Philadelphia, PA was deprecated by state-wide use of 511 as road info in 2009 ; PA is the 36th state to adopt the system.

It was announced at the 2009 state of the franchise meeting that the Falcons would wear 1966 throwback uniforms for a couple games during the 2009 season.

Palau has created a trust fund to be drawn upon after the cessation of Compact grants, the value of which had grown to $ 140 million by the beginning of 2009.

The world's smallest water-lily, Nymphaea thermarum, was saved from extinction when it was grown from seed at Kew, in 2009.

By 2009, the CIA estimated that the GDP had grown to $ 5. 731 billion, with a projected real growth rate of 2. 6 %.

As of 2009, the population in the metropolitan area had grown up to 1, 902, 834 people, being one of the fastest growing MSA in the United States.

The inaugural Joburg Pride parade was held in 1990 with fewer than one thousand participants and it has grown considerably throughout the years, with over 20, 000 participants in 2009.

Pfizer has recently grown by mergers, including those with Warner – Lambert ( 2000 ), with Pharmacia ( 2003 ), and with Wyeth ( 2009 ).

Since 1990, the market for organic products has grown from next to nothing statistically, reaching $ 55 billion in 2009 according to Organic Monitor ( www. organicmonitor. com ).

As of 2009, it was estimated that the minority fraction of the population had grown to almost 20 % of the total, with Hispanic population at 5. 58 %, African American population at 12. 09 %, and Asian population at 2. 66 % of the total.

Dell has grown by both increasing its customer base and through acquisitions since its inception ; notable mergers and acquisitions including Alienware ( 2006 ) and Perot Systems ( 2009 ).

The population has grown to 6, 154 as of 2009 estimates.

By 2009, Choctaw's population had grown to 11, 118 people, a population growth of 15. 21 % since 2000.

The population was 4, 060 at the 2000 census and has grown to 4, 855 people as of July 1, 2009.

The population was 9, 239 at the 2000 census ; the July 1, 2009 Census estimate, however, showed the population had grown to 11, 020.

The population was 22, 773 at the 2000 census ; it is estimated to have grown to 24, 127 in 2009.

It is estimated that in 2009 the city population has grown to 2, 600 + residents.

Divine's mother, Frances Milstead ( née Vukovich ; April 12, 1920 – March 24, 2009 ), was one of fifteen children born to an impoverished Serbian immigrant couple who had grown up near to Zagreb, Yugoslavia, before moving to the United States in 1891.

While the agency has noticeably grown in recent years, the rate of growth was far slower in fiscal 2009 than in the recent past ; this is borne out by data from fiscal 2005 to the present:

The number of graduates has grown from just 8 in 2006 to over 200 in 2009, while the alumni network has exceeded 1, 000 in 2010.

Its membership has grown from 15, 000 in 1970 to 79, 757 members and 92, 909 students in 2009.

At the end of 2004 the Brookings Institution had assets of $ 258 million and spent $ 39. 7 million, while its budget has grown to more than $ 80 million in 2009.

In the U. S. and Canada, due in part to the increased interest in healthier foods, a greater desire to preserve local types of cultivars or livestock ( some of which may not be up to commercial shipping or yield standards ) and an increased understanding of the importance of maintaining small, sustainable farms on the fringe of urban environments, farmers markets in the US have grown from 1, 755 in 1994 to 4, 385 in 2006 to 5, 274 in 2009.

Minneapolis, Minnesota started a zombie-themed pub crawl in 2005 that has become an annual tradition which has grown to over 5, 000 participants in 2009.

The number of registered Palestine refugees ( RPR ) has subsequently grown from 914, 000 in 1950 to more than 4. 6 million in 2009.

The School's campus has grown since that time and in 2009, an international architectural competition was held to find an architect-led design team who would develop the Campus Masterplan and design the Phase 1 building.