By Susan Milius
A little beach plant can recognize other plants that grew from its own mother’s seeds, according to experiments on root growth.
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Sibling sea rocket plants don’t compete with each other as fiercely as unrelated plants do, reports Susan A. Dudley of McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario.