Kowles presents at WSU

Dr. Dick Kowles, Professor Emeritus in Biology, gave a presentation at Winona State University on March 24. The title of his talk was “Salvage and Transport of DNA: Real Phenomena or Not?” Dr. Kowles discussed the possibility of DNA being increased and stored in one tissue of a plant, maize in this case, and subsequently transported and used in a different tissue. Such events have never been shown and reported in the literature, however, some of the data collected by Dr. Kowles and his students do indicate to some extent that it is a possibility.