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Orion Madrigal's avatar

i mean, it's beautiful but do they develop like that or is there some other scientific explanation

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Orion Madrigal's avatar

random question that has nothing to do with the article but it does have something to do with the picture: do you know why scarlet runner beans are pink/purple?

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Lindsey N Shultz's avatar

Looking forward to Contemplating Corn Cognition!

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Alexis Madrigal's avatar

It’s honestly led me down some wild rabbit holes. But it’s all kind of descended from McClintock saying in her Nobel Prize lecture: “A goal for the future would be to determine the extent of knowledge the cell has of itself and how it utilizes this knowledge in a ‘thoughtful’ manner when challenged.”

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Lindsey N Shultz's avatar

ah, she of the jumping genes- makes maize make sense

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