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UF study names new genus of 125-million-year-old eudicot from China

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A University of Florida researcher has helped describe the earliest known fossil remains of a flowering plant from China that has a direct evolutionary relationship with most plants humans depend on today.

Filed under Research, Sciences on Wednesday, March 30, 2011.

UF researcher: Flowering plant study ‘catches evolution in the act’

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A new University of Florida study shows when two flowering plants are crossed to produce a new hybrid, the new species’ genes are reset, allowing for greater genetic variation.

Filed under Research, Sciences on Thursday, March 17, 2011.

New UF study shows some sharks follow ‘mental map’ to navigate seas

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A new study led by a University of Florida researcher uses tracking data of three shark species to provide the first evidence some of the fish swim directly to targeted locations.

Filed under Research, Sciences on Wednesday, March 9, 2011.