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Researchers in Robert Ferl’s lab at the University of Florida in Gainesville, genetically altered this Arabdopsis Thaliana (a brassica species) plant to learn how extreme environments, such as the low atmospheric pressure on Mars, affect plant genes. They inserted green fluorescent protein (GFP) near the on/off switches for anoxia and drought genes.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineSpace Science. NASA/MSFC, 2003-03-03. Public domain. ID: 0700432.
