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Researchers pinpoint the genes responsible for the final three pea traits studied by the famed citizen scientist.

Stacey Leasca is an award-winning journalist with nearly two decades of newsroom experience. She is also the co-founder of Be a Travel Writer, an online course for the next generation of travel ...