1. 09:21 25th Feb 2012

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    Reblogged from onequantaaway

    emergentfutures: Russians regenerate flowering plant from 30,000-year-old frozen burrow of Ice Age squirrel The Silene stenophylla is the oldest plant ever to be regenerated, the researchers said, and it is fertile, producing white flowers and viable seeds. Full Story: Washington Post And it’s in order Caryophyllales.. can we expect any ancient cacti to be resurrected too?

    emergentfutures:

    Russians regenerate flowering plant from 30,000-year-old frozen burrow of Ice Age squirrel

    The Silene stenophylla is the oldest plant ever to be regenerated, the researchers said, and it is fertile, producing white flowers and viable seeds.

    Full Story: Washington Post

    And it’s in order Caryophyllales.. can we expect any ancient cacti to be resurrected too?

     
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