Image of the Day: Grain Gain
A gene variant that increases the quality of rice is associated with longer, more slender grains (right) than a more mediocre rice variety (left).
XIANGDONG FU
(See “The OsSPL16-GW7 regulatory module determines grain shape and simultaneously improves rice yield and grain quality,” Nature Genetics, 2015.)
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