Society Publications & Research

EurekAlerts!

» Are new genes always better?
    (How introducing new genes for restoration purposes may affect local populations)—by Crémieux et al.
» Can modern-day plants trace their New Zealand ancestry?
    (A cautionary note to other researchers trying to reconstruct the history of a group of plants)—by Jordan et al.
» Seeing the forest through the trees and seeing the trees through the leaves
    (New insight on how trees have evolved to obtain light and photosynthesize at the greatest rate)—by Niklas and Cobb
» How the daisy got its spots ... and why
    (Development and morphology of insect-mimicking spots on the flower petals of a South African beetle daisy)—by Thomas et al.

BOTANY 2010

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NEW ONLINE SECTION of the AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY
AJB Primer Notes & Protocols in the Plant Sciences

» Isolation and characterization of novel microsatellite markers for Arctium minus (Compositae)—by López-Vinyallonga et al.
» Microsatellite primers in Rhamnus cathartica (Rhamnaceae) and applicability in related taxa to assess hybridization events—by Culley and Stewart

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