corn with toxin vs. toxin and antidote (IMAGE)

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

corn with toxin vs. toxin and antidote

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TPD ensures certain traits are always passed down by poisoning some reproductive cells with a toxin and giving the antidote to others. Left: Semi-sterile corn with only the toxin. Right: Viable corn with both the toxin and the antidote.

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Martienssen lab/Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

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