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The great botanical countdown
Oxford Plants 400 was created as a countdown to 25th July 2021, marking 400 years of botanical research and teaching at the University of Oxford.
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Genetic structure and gene flow patterns in Ulmus
Bertolasi et al. investigate pollen dispersal patterns in a relic U. minor stand surrounded by U. minor and U. pumila trees scattered across 80 km2.
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Light effects on somatic and zygotic embryogenesis in larch
Zygotic embryos of hybrid larch, Larix × marschlinsii never accumulate phenolics whereas embryos cultured in vitro ccumulate phenolics readily.
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Phylogenetic relationships in Epidendroideae (Orchidaceae)
Freudenstein and Chase analyse seven loci from 310 genera of epidendroids and find increased resolution and support for many groups.
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Sporophyte desiccation tolerance in the moss Aloina
Stark and Brinda study cultured sporophytes and vegetative shoots from a single genotype of the moss Aloina ambigua.
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Nature Plants: an appreciation [or, Now we are Three…*]
A review of ‘Nature Plants’, the latest offering from the Nature Publishing Group.
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Robert Raguso will reveal The “invisible hand” of floral scent at BOTANY 2015
The Botanical Society of America meeting will be held in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada July 25-29, 2015. This year Dr Robert Raguso of Cornell University will
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High-impact research
Plant species that survived the K–Pg extinction event had fast-growth ecological strategies corresponding to high assimilation rates & low carbon investment
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Rangewide ploidy variation and evolution in Acacia senegal: a north-south divide?
Knowledge of rangewide variation in DNA content and ploidy level may be valuable in understanding the evolutionary history of a species. A recent study of Acacia
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Special Issue on Halophytes and Saline Adaptations
Improved knowledge of halophytes is important in understanding our natural world and enabling the use of these fascinating plants in land re-vegetation.
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Genetic linkage maps for apomictic Hieracium species
Shirasawa et al. develop a collection of expressed SSR markers in order to construct linkage maps for Hieracium species.
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Genetic determinants of stomatal conductance
Leaf gas exchange is influenced by stomatal size, density, distribution between the leaf adaxial and abaxial sides, as well as by pore dimensions.