Smithsonian Report, 1 937.— Kempton 



PLATE 27 



Teopod. One of several Known Mutations in Maize. 

 Plants of this mutation differ profoundly in many morphological features from normal corn plants, yet 

 the entire change has resulted primarily from the action of a single gene. The occurrence of such marked 

 alterations as the result of a single mutation lends superficial support to those who advocate that maize 

 may have originated from teosinte by gross mutation. 



