Salk Researchers Identify Genetic Variants that Help Plants Grow in Low-Iron Environments (IMAGE)

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Salk Researchers Identify Genetic Variants that Help Plants Grow in Low-Iron Environments

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Seedlings (bottom) and roots (top) of Arabidopsis thaliana plants reveal that one variant of FRO2 gene (right) is better for growth in low-iron conditions than the other FRO2 variant (left).

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