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Convergent Evolution

Plant Adaptations Feeding Adaptations Cognitive Functions Predatory Adaptations Biosynthetic Pathways Species Comparison

Two Distant Plants Independently Evolved Medicinal Ipecac Alkaloids

The research maps the biosynthetic sequence to protoemetine, uncovering a defensive mechanism that restricts toxin formation to damaged cells.

New Extinct Walrus Species Discovered in North Atlantic

Ancient Gene Family Linked to Plant Prickles Uncovered