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Doug Soltis

passion flower vine

Evolution

Researchers help pinpoint key events in ancient plant evolution

April 10, 2011

Researchers from the University of Florida and six other institutions have unlocked some of the key foundations for the evolution…Read More

Tragopogon miscellus, AKA "John-go-to-bed-at-noon."

Evolution

Flowering plant study ‘catches evolution in the act’

March 17, 2011

A new Florida Museum study shows when two flowering plants are crossed to produce a new hybrid, the new species’ genes are…Read More

Amborella trichopoda

Evolution

Behind the scenes: sequencing genome of ancient flowering plant (Watch)

December 15, 2010

Meet the University of Florida researchers who are part of a nationwide team preparing to open a door into a…Read More

tiny flowers and leaves being held

Evolution

UF researchers help sequence genome of ancient flowering plant

December 1, 2010

In a letter to his friend and colleague, 19th century naturalist Charles Darwin referred to the sudden and rapid diversification…Read More

pink flower on green foliage against the sky

Evolution

An early bloom of evolution

May 1, 2009

Florida Museum researchers find that a rapid burst of flowering plants 90 million years ago set the stage for bursts…Read More

Doug & Pam Soltis

Evolution

Flowering plants evolved quickly into five groups

August 1, 2008

Florida Museum of Natural History and University of Texas at Austin scientists have shed light on what Charles Darwin called…Read More

pink lily against dark water

Evolution

Botanists create “supertree” of evolution for flowering plants

May 1, 2004

A group of scientists has created the first comprehensive evolutionary reconstruction of the many families of flowering plants, an achievement…Read More

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