Hybrid vigour – poplars play it cool

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Hybrid Vigour? Genes, Genomics, and History

Is the gene 'special' for historians? What effects, if any, has the notion of the 'gene' had on our understanding of history? Certainly, there is a widespread public and professional perception that genetics and history are or should be in dialogue with each other in some way. But historians and geneticists view history and genetics very differently - and assume very different relationships bet...

Hybrid vigour and maternal environment in mice

A combination of ovarian grafting and fostering was used to study the effects of preand postnatal maternal factors on adult behaviour. Inbred mice (BALB/c and C57BL/6) and F1 hybrids were compared to assess differential sensitivity to early maternal effects. In addition to the peculiar behavioural profile of BALB mice, results revealed the existence of a cognitive process in mice and confirmed ...

NITROGEN NUTRITION OF HYBRID POPLARS By

By Shan Zhao, M.S. Washington State University August 2006 Chair: Jon D. Johnson Hybrid poplars are the result of interspecific crosses in the Populus genus and are genetically predisposed to grow faster and have wider adaptability than either parent species. They have been widely adopted for use in short rotation plantations in the Pacific Northwest for chips to make paper and for solid wood p...

Phytoremediation of trichloroethylene with hybrid poplars.

Axenic tumor cultures of poplar cells, clone H11-11, were grown in the presence of [14C]-trichloroethylene (TCE) (uniformly labeled). The cells were capable of metabolizing TCE to produce trichloroethanol, di- and trichloroacetic acid. Some of the carbon from TCE was found in insoluble, nonextractable cell residue, and small amounts were mineralized to [14C]CO2. Poplar cuttings grown in soil an...