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Timing of the effect of polyploidy on clonality in an autopolyploid...
Clonal reproduction in polyploids is expected to exceed that in diploids, due to either the immediate direct effects of whole-genome duplication (WGD) or selection...
80 wonderful trees and their stories
Around the World in 80 Trees by Jonathan Drori 2018. Laurence King Publishing Ltd.
Stephen Barstow did it with plants, Dan Cruikshank did it with...
Evidence that divergent selection shapes a developmental cline in a forest...
Evolutionary change in developmental trajectories (heterochrony) is a major mechanism of adaptation in plants and animals. However, there are few detailed studies of the...
Diversification of the resurrection monocot family Velloziaceae
The greater diversity of plant clades in the Neotropics compared to their relatives in Africa is a pervasive pattern in biogeography. To better understand...
Seed dormancy regulates germination response to smoke and temperature in a...
Seed dormancy status regulates the response of seeds to environmental cues that can trigger germination. Anigozanthos flavidus (Haemodoraceae) produces seeds with morphophysiological dormancy that are...
The trouble with travelling tree rings
There is a huge demand for long-term climate data, and tree growth rings could help with that, but an article in Quaternary Science Reviews warns there should be some caution using the data, as not all rings are the same.
