The ancient Maya once had a civilization in the Americas that stretched over an area the size of Texas. Now scientists detail a number of key ways the Maya left behind a lasting impact on the environment during the so-called … Continue reading
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Journal Club: Maya altered their environment significantly, for better or worse
Categories: Agriculture | Anthropology | Ecology | Environmental Sciences | Journal Club
Tagged climate change, ecosystem, environment, Maya, soil
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Journal Club: Genetic detective work suggests a crucial role for Maya in papaya domestication
Papaya is a multimillion-dollar crop with a complicated sex life. Now plant geneticist Ray Ming at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and his colleagues find that hermaphrodite papayas, the version most useful to farmers, most likely arose due to … Continue reading
Categories: Agriculture | Genetics | Journal Club | Plant Biology
Tagged domestication, genome, Maya, papaya
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