Massive database of 182,000 leaves is helping predict plants' family trees

Nature
By Heidi LedfordJul 6, 2017, 8:00 pm26 pts
The technique could be used on everything from flowers to cells to examine the factors that influence the shapes of plant parts. Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2017.22230

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