Researchers determine genetic markers distinguishing plants

By News at U of T, Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

Spencer Barrett leads team differentiating plants species

Plants. Photo:www.sxc.hu

Plants. Photo:www.sxc.hu

Scientists are a step closer to differentiating the more than 300,000 species of plants in the world, thanks to new molecular work from a Canadian team of researchers from the Universities of Guelph, British Columbia and Toronto.

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