maize mutant phenotypes

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====== About the Guide to Maize Mutant Phenotypes ======

===== Author =====

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<strong>M Gerald Neuffer, Ph.D.</strong>, Principal Investigator and Project Head (Emeritus Professor, University of Missouri) <BR/>
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===== Site designer and administrator =====

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<strong>Christopher Bottoms, Ph.D.</strong>, Site design and programming support (Programmer/Analyst, Informatics Research Core Facility, University of Missouri) <BR/>
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===== Associates =====

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<strong>Lou Butler</strong>, Research Associate and unpaid executive assistant for 22 years of Authors retirement for writing proposals reports and budgets organizing data text and images for “Mutants Maize” and for the original plan of preparing this guide. <BR/>
<strong>Ming Tang Chang, Ph.D.</strong> for most successful practical application of chemical mutagenesis and subsequent production and analysis of treatment progenies (Retired Geneticist and Plant Breeder) <BR/> 
<strong>Ed Coe, Jr, Ph.D.</strong>, (Emeritus Professor, University of Missouri) for participation in the discovery of the pollen method of EMS mutagenesis and for career-long collegial inspiration and support. <BR/>
<strong>Sarah Hake, Ph.D.</strong>, (Professor, University of California, Berkeley) for years of research support and encouragement after retirement.  <BR/>
<strong>Mary Schaeffer, Ph.D.</strong> for original entry of our database to MaizeDB (later MaizeGDB) and critical support. <BR/> 
<strong>W. F. Sheridan, Ph.D.</strong>, (Professor, University of North Dakota) for first major use of EMS mutagenesis in maize genetic research. <BR/>
<strong>Lewis J. Stadler, Ph.D.</strong>, whose vision and concepts for mutation and the gene are validated by the data and images presented here. <BR/> 
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===== License =====

Unless otherwise noted, mutants and photographs in this guide are provided for academic use, courtesy of MGN.

The photographs from this site cannot be used for commercial purposes without prior written consent from MGN.


===== Acknowledgements =====

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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Number IOS-1239861.  MGN would like to take this opportunity to gratefully acknowledge the support of NSF throughout his academic career. Without that ongoing support, none of the photographed material on this site would have been possible. 

We are grateful to the <strong>College of Agriculture of the University Missouri</strong> and <strong>The US Department of Agriculture Research Services</strong> for long years of uninterrupted unqualified support that has been so essential to our success.
We are grateful to <strong>MaizeGDB</strong> for housing this guide and for providing online storage of the images. In particular we would like to thank <strong>Darwin Campbell</strong> for his help in the development of this site and for research support from <strong>Carolyn Lawrence</strong>, both formerly with MaizeGDB. We would also like to thank <strong>Carson Andorf</strong>, with MaizeGDB, for currently helping maintain this site.
We are grateful to <strong>Scott A Givan</strong> (Director, Informatics Research Core Facility, University of Missouri) for extremely helpful advice on site design and programming and to <strong>Bill Spollen</strong> (Programmer/Analyst, Informatics Research Core Facility, University of Missouri) for advice on programming. 

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Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. Except where noted, the images and descriptions on this site were provided by MGN.