One species, many genomes

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Arabidopsis plants from different geographical origins differ in many traits (the background shows schematically sequence variation in the DNA of these plants). Credit: MPI for Developmental Biology
Arabidopsis plants from different geographical origins differ in many traits (the background shows schematically sequence variation in the DNA of these plants). Credit: MPI for Developmental Biology

Faster growth, darker leaves, a different way of branching - wild varieties of the plant Arabidopsis thaliana are often substantially different from the laboratory strain of this small mustard plant, a favorite of many plant biologists.


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