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The biotic and abiotic environment of interacting hosts and parasites may vary considerably over small spatial and temporal scales. Jorgensen examines the effects of differing temperature
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During the transition from endo- to eco-dormancy and subsequent growth, the bulb of onion (Allium cepa) changes from a sink organ to a source, but
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Seeds can accumulate in the soil or elsewhere, and one potential site is on the stems of palms when these are covered by persistent sheaths. Corrêa
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Dendroclimatology can play an important role in understanding past climatic changes, and where trees are not present it may be possible to utilize shrubs instead. Liang
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Spatial heterogeneity in nutrients may increase the relative competitive ability of species that are more able to concentrate their roots where nutrient levels are high; if
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The family Balsaminaceae, which contains the species-rich genus Impatiens and the single-species genus Hydrocera (H. triflora), is essentially herbaceous and is nested into a
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Satellite DNA is a genomic component present in virtually all eukaryotic organisms and is an important element in genome organization and evolution in plants. Rosato el
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The timing and synchrony of male and female flowering in wheat is a crucial determinant of seed set and may be an important factor affecting gene
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The main function of plant latex is assumed to be defensive, preventing entry of pathogens into wounds. Bauer and Speck examine the role of coagulation of
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The potential for gene exchange between species with different ploidy levels has long been recognized, but only a few studies have tested this hypothesis in situ
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ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase (AGPase), a key enzyme in starch biosynthesis, is comprised of large (LSU) and small (SSU) sub-units encoded by multiple paralogous genes in
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Botanists interested in changes in chromosome number have often relied on inferring a basic number, x, but this has been done without consistent (reproducible) reference to