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Garden Chat: seedlings, clones and a bit of plant breeding

Garden Chat: seedlings, clones and a bit of plant breeding

Garlic cloves, lily and gladioli bulbs, Jerusalem artichoke tubers and strawberry stolons are all examples of plants reproduced as clones. Genetic diversity, cloning and sowing are words that all have one thing in common: they are the result of reproduction. Sexual reproduction results in seedlings that increase the genetic diversity of a particular species while …

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An amateur astronomer has captured a series of incredible photos of distant stars, planets and nebulae thousands of light-years away, all from his backyard.  Pictured: A full moon

A father-of-three captures spectacular images of Mars and the Moon using a telescope in his back garden

When you look up at the night sky from your backyard, you might spot a few stars if you’re lucky. But father-of-three James Flanagan wanted a better view and pointed his telescope “in the middle of the road” into space to get a closer look. He has since seen a lunar mountain range, the dusty …

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