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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Cairo - Hazem Badr

THE TRUTH ABOUT: Plants exchange love letters before mating new study - The Untold Story

A bee is covered with pollen as it approaches a dandelion blossom on a lawn in Klosterneuburg April 29, 2013. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader

Researchers in the Department of Plant and Microbial Biology (PMB) at the University of California – Berkeley, have uncovered the intricate molecular love letters that precede reproduction in flowering plants.

The findings published in the latest issue of the journal Nature, document a previously unknown molecular process that serves as a method of communication during fertilization.

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