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Biologists unlock 51.7-million-year-old genetic secret to landmark Darwin theory
2016-12-02 13:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] Scientists have identified the cluster of genes responsible for reproductive traits in the Primula flower, first noted as important by Charles Darwin more than 150 years ago. Darwin hypothesised that some plant species with two distinct forms of flower, where male and female reproductive organs were of differing lengths, had evolved that way to promote out-crossing by insect pollinators. His ground-breaking insight into the significance of the two forms of flo…
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