Our new blog post “Corn: a versatile plant with a long history” is now published on Europeana! This is the second blog of our series dedicated to different actors in the biological world that have to cope with climate issues and, at the same time, play a significant role for the protection of our climate and the future of our living conditions.
This time we put our focus on the corn plant, its origin, domestication and distribution around the whole world. The topic aims to emphasize the importance of this feed plant for the world’s population, economy and cultural development. In the context of the umpcoming women’s month and the International Day of Women and Girls in Science last week, we also want to put the spotlight on one of the most important scientists in the field of genetic’s research in corn: Barbara McClintock, who discovered the “jumping genes” or transposons, that revolutionized the research field.
Find the blog post on Europeana!
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