Transgenic Tobacco Plants

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Transgenic, or genetically modified, tobacco plants grow in the laboratory of geneticist Richard Meagher at the University of Georgia.

Photograph by Sarah E. McKee, New Georgia Encyclopedia

Transgenic Tobacco Plants

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