WASHINGTON: Scientists at the Imperial College London's Department of Life Sciences and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in collaboration with researchers in Costa Rica and South Africa, have identified a 'barcode' gene that can be used to distinguish between the majority of plant species on Earth. According to the research team, led by Dr Vincent Savolainen of the Imperial College London, the gene could lead to new ways of easily cataloguing different types of plants in species-rich areas like rainforests. It could also help to protect the world's plants as they argue...
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