Tropical rainforests original generators of biodiversity

Friday, October 28, 2011 - 15:31 in Biology & Nature

The tropical rainforests harbor a multitude of living resources. Where, when and how did this wealth of biodiversity appear? To find answers to these fundamental questions, biologists have realized the first evolutionary history of a family of plants characteristic of this ecosystem: palms (Arecaceae or Palmae).

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