Researchers in Brazil found a special part of tomato genome that controls the size of not just the fruit but also the leaves and stems. This discovery could help making tomato crops more resilient to different...
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Renata Cantoro
Tropical islands lead to more diversity in Palm sexual reproduction
Isolation and sexual adaptability contributed to the evolution of thousands of palm species.
Juniper Kiss
Drivers of intraspecific variation in seed dispersal are diverse and pervasive
Intraspecific variation in the quantity and quality of seed dispersal has important ecological and evolutionary consequences, yet it is generally ignored in favour of focussing on population mean values. As a result...
William Salter
Chromosome number and fruit size in Actinidia
Some otherwise promising selections of Actinidia chinensis (kiwifruit) have fruit that are too small for successful commercialization. Wu et al. induce chromosome doubling using colchicine and measure subsequent fruit...
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