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  Genetic Analysis Saves Major Apple-Producing Region of Washington State

  March 23, 2013 — A genetic analysis has saved a major apple-producing region of Washington ... > full story
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  Hunting for Meat Impacts on Rainforest, Fruit Tree Seed Dispersal

  March 20, 2013 — Hunting for meat in the African rainforests has halved the number of primates. However, the hunting also has other negative consequences. The decline in the number of primates causes a reduction in ... > full story
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  Suggestions for a Middle Ground Between Unlogged Forest and Intensively Managed Lands

  March 18, 2013 — In the world's forested regions, two management systems -- retention forestry and agroforestry -- are being used to alleviate conflicts between preserving biodiversity and addressing human needs in ... > full story
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  Scientists Map Genome of Fungus That Causes Dutch Elm Disease

  March 14, 2013 — Researchers have successfully mapped the genes in the fungus that causes Dutch elm disease. The researchers believe this is the first time the 30 million DNA letters for the fungus Ophiostoma ulmi ... > full story
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  Logging Debris Gives Newly Planted Douglas-Fir Forests a Leg-Up

  March 12, 2013 — The downed limbs and other woody debris that are inevitable byproducts of timber harvest could be among the most important components of post-harvest landscapes, according to a new ... > full story
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  Monsoon Failure Key to Long Droughts in Southwest

  March 11, 2013 — Long-term droughts in the Southwestern North America often mean failure of both summer and winter rains, according to new tree-ring research. For the severe, multi-decadal droughts that occurred from ... > full story
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  Pancakes With a Side of Math: A Physiological Model for Sap Exudation in Maple Trees

  March 7, 2013 — The mechanisms behind sap exudation in sugar maple trees -- processes that trigger pressure differences causing sap to flow -- are a topic of much debate. In a new paper, researchers shed light on ... > full story
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  Human Y Chromosome Much Older Than Previously Thought

  March 5, 2013 — The discovery and analysis of an extremely rare African American Y chromosome push back the time of the most recent common ancestor for the Y chromosome lineage tree to 338,000 years ago. This time ... > full story
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  Short Algorithm, Long-Range Consequences

  March 2, 2013 — A new technique for solving 'graph Laplacians' is drastically simpler than its predecessors, with implications for a huge range of practical ... > full story
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  A Promising Fruit: The Tree Tomato

  February 25, 2013 — Biologists are collaborating in the characterization of genetic resource of the tree tomato to enhance its cultivation and commercialization in Andean and Mediterranean ... > full story

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