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Genome Spotlight: Lychee (Litchi chinensis)

Formed of various flowers, this personification cartoon of a female botanist, painted by George Spratt, was pasted into Allen’s copy of The English Flora.

La Botaniste, 1810–1865

Invasive <em>Phragmites australis</em> in North Carolina's Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge

Genome Spotlight: Common Reed (Phragmites australis)

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Contrary to Common Belief, Some Older Trees Make Fewer Seeds

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Plants Use RNA to Talk to Neighbors

Yuan Longping wearing a longsleeve white shirt, doing an interview in a rice field.

Hybrid Rice Developer Yuan Longping Dies at 90

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Rediscovered Coffee Species Tastes Great, Tolerates Warmth: Study

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Seventeen “Extinct” European Plant Species Found Alive

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Paleobotanist Brian Axsmith Dies

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A Smiling Garden, 1558

Image of the Day: Fragmented Habitat

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Plant Biologist Killed on Solo Camping Trip in British Columbia

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How a Forensic Biologist Exposed a DNA Lab Scandal That Shook Australia

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Universe 25 Experiment

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One Gene Influences 75 Percent of Alzheimer’s Disease Cases

A picture of Rohita Roy, a postdoc at Stanford University.

Postdoc Portrait: Rohita Roy

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From Data to Discovery: Omics in Therapeutic Innovation

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Exploring Organoids for Disease Modeling Research

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A Stubborn Gene, a Failed Experiment, and a New Path

When experiments refuse to cooperate, you try again and again. For Rafael Najmanovich, the setbacks ultimately pushed him in a new direction.

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Maximizing Cancer Research Model Systems

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