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A team of researchers from the University of Oregon and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has sequenced the genomes of two living seadragon species: the leafy seadragon (Phycodurus eques) and the weedy seadragon (Phyllopteryx taeniolatus). The leafy seadragon (Phycodurus eques) at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Image credit: Joseph C. …

A team of scientists in China has sequenced the genome of Ginkgo biloba, the oldest living tree species. Ginkgo biloba. Image credit: Darkone / CC BY-SA 2.0. Ginkgo biloba is a widely popular tree that is native to China and has been cultivated for well over a millennium. In Asia, …