Shoot cross sections C3 versus C4 (IMAGE)

Salk Institute

Shoot cross sections C3 versus C4

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Cross sections of C3 rice (left) and C4 sorghum (right) shoots. Both grain crops evolved from a common ancestor, but sorghum evolved to photosynthesize more efficiently.

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Tina Schreier at the University of Cambridge

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