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Plant Study Challenges Tropics' Reputation as Site of Modern Evolutionary Innovation
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Florida Museum of Natural History via Science Daily, July 6, 2020
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In a surprise twist, a major group of flowering plants is evolving twice as quickly in temperate zones as the tropics. The finding runs counter to a long-held hypothesis that tropical regions, home to the planet's richest biological diversity, outpace their temperate counterparts in producing new species.
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