Apr. 21, 2012 at 12:29am
Fandom in my scienceLord of the RingsThe HobbitLOTRArabidopsis thaliana
Fandom in Science post #10

Lord of the Rings today again :)

The plants below are examples of Arabidopsis thalianaseedlings. The left one is a wild type, a normal seedling. The others have mutations in their copies of the Hobbit gene, a gene critical in cell division and the development of the root meristem.