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Acclimatized transgenic cotton plantlets, being grown individually for analysis. Transgenic plants are cultured in vitro from embryonic axes that have been transformed by the bombardment of apical meristems with microparticle-coated DNA. Image is from the protocol by Rech et al. Cover design by Jessica Iannuzzi.