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Dr. Maureen McCann views a maize epidermal strip using her new Thermo
ImageMax IR microscope.
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Custom-made gold-plated IR reflective slides are used to obtain IR spectra from small samples of cell walls from the potential mutants. Each spectrum
takes about 1 minute to collect, and 48 individuals are plated per slide.