'Amazing protein diversity' is discovered in the maize plant Cold Spring Harbor NY (SPX) Jun 29, 2016 - The genome of the corn plant - or maize, as it's called almost everywhere except the US - "is a lot more exciting" than scientists have previously believed. So says the lead scientist in a new effort to analyze and annotate the depth of the plant's genetic resources. "Our new research establishes the amazing diversity of maize, even beyond what we already knew was there," says Doreen Ware, ... more

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