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ATHENS, Ga. — Researchers led by a University of Georgia plant scientist have figured out the genetic secret of the four-leaf clover.
But Wayne Parrott didn’t find the gene for the rare four-leaf trait through a lucky stroke or help from leprechauns.
It took 18 years of research and modern DNA analytical techniques to find the gene, said Parrott.
Parrott, who came to UGA in 1988, worked with UGA graduate student Rebecca Tashiro and other researchers at UGA and Oklahoma’s Noble Foundation to find the four-leaf gene.
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