Red Corn (IMAGE)

Penn State

Red Corn

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The mystery involved a spontaneous gene mutation that causes red pigments to show up in various corn plant tissues for a few generations and then disappear in subsequent progeny.

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Surinder Chopra Research Group/Penn State

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