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Nature 448, 737 (16 August 2007) | doi:10.1038/448737a; Published online 15 August 2007
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Fast Growth of Transformed Soybean Shoots
A method for accelerating growth of soybean shoots is desired.
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Efficient Chromosome Doubling: Plant Cell Division
The Seeker is looking for an efficient chromosome doubling method in plants and in particular, metho...
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Achievement index climbs the ranks
Philip Ball
A tool that ranks researchers by the quality of their work is also a good predictor of their future performance1, according to its designer, physicist Jorge Hirsch at the University of California, San Diego.The h-index was first proposed in 2005 by Hirsch2, and attracted immense interest from scientists because of its claimed objectivity in ranking scientific achievement.
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