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Darwin Day is coming and you can be part of it

Alun Salt - 0
Anyone can celebrate Darwin Day and promote science, without even leaving the house.
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Coping with phenol-rich foodstuffs

Nigel Chaffey - 0
We rightly salute fungi and bacteria as being indispensable to the decomposition processes that breaks down dead organic matter into inorganic components that can...
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Better together…

Nigel Chaffey - 0
A study shows coral polyps actively generate micro-currents and eddies to promote nutrient inflow and exchange of materials using externally located cilia.
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Classical texts re-imagined/re-imaged…

Nigel Chaffey - 0
Do you remember the good old days when students read for a degree? Well, I don’t know how much proper reading they do these...
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Prizes for plant scientists

Nigel Chaffey - 0
Why are botanical FRSs like buses? You wait for ages for one to come along, and then three appear at once! On a more...
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2013, International Year of the Wallace(?)

Nigel Chaffey - 0
If 2009 ‘belonged’ to Charles Darwin then, if there’s any justice in the world, 2013 has to be ‘owned’ by Alfred Russel Wallace.
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Suck on this: predictions and patience in phytobiology

Nigel Chaffey - 0
One of the great strengths of the scientific method is its ability to make predictions that can be tested. One of the most famous of...
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Proof of phytological principle

Nigel Chaffey - 0
Sadly, we don’t have time machines that would permit us to go back and see ancient evolution in action. So we have to make...
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Facing the music

Nigel Chaffey - 0
Plants are daily subjected to myriad biotic and abiotic factors and have to respond appropriately to them or suffer the consequences. However, one factor...
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Changes in How a Plant Breathes Aren’t Always Matched by Changes in Its Anatomy

Growth & Development Fi Gennu - 0
You can't predict how a Yucca gloriosa will react to drought from its anatomy alone.
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New grapevine model better predicts whole-canopy gas exchange

Computational Models Erin Zimmerman - 0
Models considering only the maximum photosynthetic capacity for all leaves over-estimated net carbon dioxide exchange by nearly a third.
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Phylogeny, age and adaptive evolution of genus Allium

Cells, Genes & Molecules Alex Assiry - 0
The genus Allium L., one of the largest monocotyledonous genera and one that includes many economically important crops with nutritional and medicinal...
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Plants from different climates can react to drought in similar ways

Growth & Development Alex Assiry - 0
How do plants react when circumstances change? One method can be to evolve a local adaptation. Another can be be phenotypic plasticity,...
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