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Plants 'recognize' their siblings | Press Esc
Topic: Science 10:35 am EDT, Jun 14, 2007

Plants are able to recognise their siblings, according to a study appearing today in the Royal Society journal Biology Letters.

Researchers at McMaster University have found that plants get fiercely competitive when forced to share their pot with strangers of the same species, but they’re accommodating when potted with their siblings.

I'll have to remember this for when the Triffids attack.

Plants 'recognize' their siblings | Press Esc



 
 
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