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Botany
Trees and flowers more akin than dissimilar, research shows
June 23rd, 2003
The two major kinds of plants - woody and herbaceous - are genetically far more similar than previously believed, according to genetic analysis conducted by forestry researchers at North Carolina State University. Comparing loblolly pines with the flowering annual Arabidopsis thaliana using DNA-sequencing technology led to a surprising finding, said Dr. Ronald R. Sederoff, Distinguished University Professor of forestry. "The closer we looked at their genomes, the more similarities emerged." The research also suggests that the techniques now being used to find genetic differences among plant types may exaggerate those differences, said...
Source: Life Science Weekly (2003-06-23)
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