Corn (IMAGE)

Michigan State University

Corn

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Using plant RNA data from 2-week-old corn seedlings, Shinhan Shiu has shown that farmers and scientists can improve adult crop trait predictions with accuracy that rivals current approaches using DNA, i.e. genetic data.

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Photo by Kurt Stepnitz

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