The ugly duckling of corn may hold the key to having better grains in the future.

You can read the original post at https://www.botany.one/2021/10/new-maize-reference-genome-may-help-grow-genetically-modified-lines-of-corn-more-easily/

You can read the research at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cj.2021.08.002.