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| Modern Genetic Analysis Chapter 1. Genetics and the Organism Genetics and Human Affairs Figure 1-4. The specially bred strain of dwarf rice called IR 8 owes part of its success to its remarkable response to the application of fertilizer. PETA, an older, nondwarf strain, shows a more typical response. (From Peter R. Jennings, "The Amplification of Agricultural Production." Scientific American, September 1976, pp. 180194.)

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