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» Can a plant be altruistic?
    (Ability of jewelweed to recognize 'relatives' from 'strangers' helps shift resources for growth)
» New fossil plant discovery links Patagonia to New Guinea in a warmer past
    (How revising an ancient species can change what we know of a lineage’s historical distribution and the climate in which it lived)
» In the war between the sexes, the one with the closest fungal relationship wins
    (Female plants were more likely to be colonized by mycorrhizal fungi than males)
» The amazing maze of maize evolution
    (Study on maize domestication may help improve crop yields)

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