Stephen Smith, Brown University (IMAGE)

Brown University

Stephen Smith, Brown University

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Botanists had long thought that new species proliferate soon after plants developed a new physical trait. Stephen Smith and colleagues have shown that plants may bide their time for undergoing major speciation.

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Mike Cohea, Brown University

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