Colorful Kernels

A close-up, slightly high-angle photograph of a pile of dried corn kernels. The kernels vary in color, ranging from pale cream and yellow to deep purplish-red and charred brown, showing diverse natural pigmentation and textures.
Label
Colorful Kernels
Artist
Kat Koirtyohann
Description
An assortment of maize seeds taken from the same ear. Each seed has its own DNA, a recombination of its two parent plants. This can be easily seen by the variety of colors found on the same ear. Pictured here are clear (yellow) and purple seeds.
Type
Cell Phone Camera
Artist Affiliation
Graduate Student
Department
Biological Science
Area of Research
Cell and Molecular Biology
Research Group Site
Dr. Karen McGinnis
Date
2023