Some plants may not adapt quickly to future climate change
Using the largest dated evolutionary tree of flowering plants ever assembled, a new study suggests how plants developed traits to…
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Amborella: The Phylogeny of Flowering Plants
Pam and Doug Soltis, distinguished professors with the Florida Museum of Natural History, discuss how sequencing the genome of one…
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New plant genome study may offer clues to improving all major food crops
University of Florida researchers and their colleagues have sequenced the genome of the flowering plant Amborella for the first time,…
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DNA helps understand diversity in endangered cloud forests
In stark contrast to southern Mexico’s surrounding dry plains, the mountains in Mesoamerica ascend into a secret world, enshrouded in…
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Genetic analysis of hybrid plants may have evolutionary consequences
For morning drivers on the roadways of the northwestern U.S., an innocuous purple or yellow flower similar to a daisy…
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UF, FSU receive $10 million for project to digitize U.S. biology collections
The National Science Foundation announced today its award of a $10 million grant to the University of Florida and Florida State University to coordinate 92…
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Graduate student receives grant to study pitcher plants
Florida Museum of Natural History graduate student Nicholas “Nic” Miles recently received a $13,500 National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement…
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Researchers help pinpoint key events in ancient plant evolution
Researchers from the University of Florida and six other institutions have unlocked some of the key foundations for the evolution…
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Flowering plant study ‘catches evolution in the act’
A new Florida Museum study shows when two flowering plants are crossed to produce a new hybrid, the new species’ genes are…
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Behind the scenes: sequencing genome of ancient flowering plant
Meet the University of Florida researchers who are part of a nationwide team preparing to open a door into a…
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