Plants Evolve For Colder Temperatures: Evolution On Access Utah

10/01/2014 53 min

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Episode Synopsis

Utah State University ecologist Daniel McGlinn was part of a research team that created the largest evolutionary "time-tree" of plants. This tree is helping scientists understand how plants evolved to tolerate frigid winter temperatures. Today on the program Sheri Quinn talks to McGlinn about the project and his field of study macro-ecology.