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Nature 427, 582-583 (12 February 2004) | doi:10.1038/427582a
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Protect Enzyme from In Planta Degradation
A proposal for stable expression of an enzyme in corn seed is desired.
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A method for accelerating growth of soybean shoots is desired.
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Postdoctoral Position, Endocrine Unit
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Climate change: The hot hand of history
Betsy Mason1
- Betsy Mason recently completed an internship in Nature's Washington DC office.
Abstract
We may not have known we were doing it, but humans have been changing the climate for thousands of years, a new theory suggests. Could our ancestors have saved us from an ice age? Betsy Mason investigates.
Less than four centuries ago, life was colder in the northern latitudes than it is today. Alpine glaciers advanced, frost killed ancient orange groves in China, and Londoners held winter festivals on the frozen Thames.
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