Plant study challenges tropics’ reputation as site of modern evolutionary innovation

Posted on July 10, 2020 by Design in Design Innovation | 0 Comments

Plant study challenges tropics' reputation as site of modern evolutionary innovation — < div data-thumb= "https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2020/plantstudych.jpg" data-src=" https://scx2.b-cdn.net/gfx/news/hires/2020/plantstudych.jpg" data-sub-html=" The tropics are the birth place of a lot of rosids, a huge group of blooming plants that includes this Sterculia monosperma, a nut-bearing tree native to southern China and Taiwan. However rosids are diversifying faster in temperate zones, a finding that challenges a longstanding hypothesis about advancement in the tropics. Credit: Miao Sun

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