Wild Type Maize (IMAGE)

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

Wild Type Maize — Caption

Whereas the mature kernels in wild-type maize (below) sit naked on the cob, in pod corn (above), they are wrapped in individual leaf-like organs.

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Grosardt, MPIPZ Cologne

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