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Ecology and genetics of transitions from outcrossing to selfing in Primula
Investigations of Primula oreodoxa have revealed several features that differ from classic textbook descriptions of heterostyly based on P. vulgaris.
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Choosing learning over knowing
Is academia about having the right answers to problems? Emily Larson argues that it’s the process of getting there that’s important.
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Hallowe’en and the Monster Plant
This week, the biggest flower on the planet, also known as the “Queen of all Parasitic Plants”, has come to Oxford – but not in the way you would might expect.
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Science, technology and innovation for Africa with the EU-Africa High Level Policy Dialogue stakeholder panel
What does it mean to work towards Sustainable Development? Pat Heslop-Harrison, editor of Annals of Botany, has been discussing the issue in Brussels with European stakeholders.
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How do you grow a palm? The secret’s in the soil.
An investigation on a tiny island reveals that microscopic fungi can dictate the destiny of giants, opening the possibility of mycorrhizal-driven speciation.
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Sexual Magnetism as an Infection – How Red Dwarf Got Close to the Truth
When the crew from Red Dwarf discovered positive viruses at a Space Corps base, they got surprisingly close to reality.
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Remember the dry times: functional legacies of drought in trees
William Hammond, on an increasing threat to trees in the USA and elsewhere – drought and the embolisms it causes.
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Not all tropical plants can stand the heat brought by climate change
How will increasing temperatures affect plants where temperatures are hottest? A paper in the Journal of Ecology looks at plants around Kilimanjaro.
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Predictive modelling for yield – bringing genotype and phenotype together
Yesterday was our final day at Bioenergy Genomics 2017. There’s quite a bit of video to sort through and process, so I’ll be busy
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Genetic and genomic approaches to biomass crop improvement
We’re still at Bioenergy Genomics 2017, streaming talks when we can. We’ll be processing these to go on to YouTube. In the meantime you
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Ideotypes for yield in a changing climate – drought stress and beyond
We’re still at Bioenergy Genomics 2017, streaming talks when we can. We’ll be processing these to go on to YouTube. In the meantime you
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Generating, capturing and utilising genetic variation
We’re still at Bioenergy Genomics 2017, streaming talks when we can. We’ll be processing these to go on to YouTube. In the meantime you