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Science 25 June 1965:
Vol. 148. no. 3678, pp. 1741 - 1742
DOI: 10.1126/science.148.3678.1741
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Growth of Rats Fed on Opaque-2 Maize

Edwin T. Mertz 1, Olivia A. Veron 1, Lynn S. Bates 1, and Oliver E. Nelson 2

1 Department of Biochemistry
2 Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana

Six weanling male rats were fed a diet containing 90 percent opaque-2 maize for 28 days. The average gain in weight was 97 grams. In control rats fed on a standard hybrid maize the average gain was 27 grams. This confirms results of a previous feeding test on rats and demonstrates the superior quality of the proteins in opaque-2 mutant endosperm.


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