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There are 4 leaves that are no longer rare, making us look red because scientists have been able to grow this kind of lucky symbol (if you like).

The clover (shamrock) , a traditional symbol of the Trinity, is used by St. Patrick to explain Christianity to non-Christians. Four-leaf clover is also a type of clover but rarer, is considered a symbol of "luck of the Irish".

This belief surpassed space, time . spread all over the world, making many people believe that if they find four-leaf grass, they will be lucky. It is believed that each wing of the four-leaf clover represents one thing: The first leaf is faithful, the second leaf is hope, the third is for love and the last is luck. .

Four-leaf grass is expected to bring good luck, but it is rare, so everyone wants to try it.(Photo: wonderopolis).

Everyone knows that there are 4 very rare leaves. Only 1 / 10,000 new 3-leaf grass has a 4-leaf branch. It is estimated that to find a four-leaf clover on a three-leafed field, it is necessary to tattoo individual grass sprouts in an area of ​​about 13 square feet (4 square meters).

Wayne Parrott, a researcher at the University of Georgia, specializes in understanding the mysteries of clover grass. In 2010, Parrott's lab discovered an area with a specific gene that regulates a four-leaf morphology in the common clover genome but could not identify that particular gene.

"It (the four-leaf gene) is in the trunk of the tree, and we don't have the key to open it," explained the results published in Crop Science .

The tricky thing is that Trifolium repens (the name of the clover) has four copies of each gene, so it's hard to find every gene in the tree. And even if scientists find the genome, according to Parrott's study, the environment still plays a big role in determining leaf traits.

While breeding white clover to prevent rabbits from attacking, scientists accidentally created a 3-leafed 3-leaf variety.(Photo: Shutterstock)

Parrott said that although the characteristics of four-leaf clover are quite interesting, there are other things that affect their genetic research. The scientist said it was a financial source. Often people are interested in projects that help plants withstand outdoor conditions, good weather or nutritional enhancement in plants . rather than grass 3 or 4 leaves.

Parrott and his team are actually trying to make white clover easy to grow and used as ornamental ornamental plants, while helping to retain nitrogen making soil more fertile and beneficial for other crops. But he said it was unbelievable that rabbits like to eat this grass, so "we try to make an unattractive version for rabbits".

During the study of the production of rabbits, they created a special clover with almost all four-leaf individuals. However, when the group announced this, the public showed no interest.

He explained that because of the value of four-leaf grass in that they are very rare, and if they run out of rarity, the searchers are also out of joy. In addition, many people believe that four-leaf grass is only lucky if they are found after a certain effort rather than "waving their hands to get hold of it like that".