Jody Banks, Purdue University (IMAGE)

Purdue University

Jody Banks, Purdue University

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Jody Banks led the effort to sequence the genome of Selaginella, seen through a shade screen that allows it to be grown in greenhouses here. Selaginella is the first plant of its kind, a lycophyte, to have its genome sequenced.

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Purdue Agricultural Communication photo/Tom Campbell

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