evolutionary-biology
Evolutionary biology examines the mechanisms driving genetic change across generations—natural selection, mutation, genetic drift, and gene flow—to understand how species arise, adapt, and diversify. In plant science, these principles reveal how crops and wild plants have developed traits such as disease resistance, fruit morphology, and stress tolerance over time. Understanding plant evolutionary history informs breeding strategies, conservation efforts, and the identification of genes underlying agriculturally important characteristics.
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Fighting citrus Huanglongbing with evolutionary principles.
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Plants as silent teachers: bridging plant biology, human physiology...
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Discriminating models of trait evolution.
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