Two Noteworthy Oaks

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When a 359-g baby girl was born at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in 1994, the parents wondered whether other infants that small had survived in other hospitals. Their question led to an attempt to collect reports of survivors with birth weights of less than 400 g from the medical literature and lay media and the Tiniest Babies Registry was born. To date, the registry has collecte...

A Noteworthy Case for Diagnosis

A Noteworthy Case for Diagnosis

Exploring Species Limits in Two Closely Related Chinese Oaks

BACKGROUND The species status of two closely related Chinese oaks, Quercus liaotungensis and Q. mongolica, has been called into question. The objective of this study was to investigate the species status and to estimate the degree of introgression between the two taxa using different approaches. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS Using SSR (simple sequence repeat) and AFLP (amplified fragment len...