Seeds vs. No Seeds (IMAGE) Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Caption Evidence of the teams success: the left image shows a terminal spike with several sessile spikelets (round) which contain seeds, and several pedicillate spikelets (white arrows), narrow oblong compartments which don't fill with seeds and dont form grains. In a genetic variant (right) all the spikelets are sessile and contain grains. Credit Ware Lab, CSHL Usage Restrictions None License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.