Mutant Ear Provides Key Clue (IMAGE)

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Mutant Ear Provides Key Clue

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Pathways that control plant stem cells can be modified to make plants generate bigger fruits or more seeds. The tip of this ear of corn is growing abnormally, but provided scientists with information about how to tweak expression of a key gene to boost yield.

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Jackson Lab, CSHL

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