Sweetcorn grains. Rows of sweetcorn on a maize cob (Zea mays). Maize is an important food crop, eaten as corn-on-the-cob as well as other forms. Genet

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Sweetcorn grains. Rows of sweetcorn on a maize cob (Zea mays). Maize is an important food crop, eaten as corn-on-the-cob as well as other forms. Genetic variation in the grains is clearly seen here. The colour (white or black) and patterning (stripy or non-stripy) are hereditary characteristics.

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