FIGURE 1. Various starch grains.

From the following article:

Starch grains reveal early root crop horticulture in the Panamanian tropical forest

Dolores R. Piperno, Anthony J. Ranere, Irene Holst and Patricia Hansell

Nature 407, 894-897(19 October 2000)

doi:10.1038/35038055

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a, A starch grain from manioc recovered from milling stone 42. b, A starch grain from the putative wild ancestor of manioc, Manihot esculenta spp. flabellifolia. c, A starch grain from a species of Dioscorea recovered from milling stone 350. d, A starch grain from maize from milling stone 42. This type is unique to maize and is found in Race Jala from Mexico. Scale bar, 5 microm (a, b, d); 10 microm (c).

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