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PLANTS - Serpentine ecosystems shed light on the nature of plant adaptation and speciation

Plants that live in unusual soils, such as those that are extremely low in essential nutrients, provide insight into the mechanisms of adaptation, natural selection, and endemism. A seminal paper by Arthur Kruckeberg from 1951 on serpentine plant endemism has served as a solid bedrock foundation for future research on the link between natural selection and speciation. A recent article in the American Journal of Botany focuses on how this paper ha ...

http://phys.org/news/2014-03-serpentine-ecosystems-nature-speciation.h

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