Hedging Bets (IMAGE)

University of Birmingham

Hedging Bets

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Mathematical modelling and microscopy has identified a cellular "random number generator," allowing plants to hedge their evolutionary bets by varying their seeds' germination propensity.

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Iain Johnston

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