Genome study informs restoration of American chestnut tree
Photo courtesy of the American Chestnut FoundationAn American chestnut tree (in foreground). Native trees adapt to the climate and environmental conditions of their area to survive. Researchers in the Virginia Tech College of Natural Resources and Environment in collaboration with the American Chestnut Foundation confirmed this by examining the genome of American chestnut trees sampled throughout the Appalachian Mountain range and grouping the samples according to their specific environmental region. The research, recently published in the Proceedings of the National...
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