{"678146":{"#nid":"678146","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"The world\u2019s oldest tree? Genetic analysis traces evolution of iconic Pando forest","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EDNA samples from one of the world\u2019s largest and oldest plants \u2014 a quaking aspen tree (\u003Cem\u003EPopulus tremuloides\u003C\/em\u003E) in Utah called Pando \u2014 have helped researchers to determine its age and revealed clues about its evolutionary history.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E\u201cIt\u2019s kind of shocking to me that there hasn\u2019t been a lot of genetic interest in Pando already, given how cool it is,\u201d says study co-author\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/will-ratcliff\u0022\u003EWilliam Ratcliff\u003C\/a\u003E, an associate professor in the\u0026nbsp; \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Biological Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EBy inputting Pando\u2019s genetic data into a theoretical model that plots an organism\u2019s evolutionary lineage, the researchers estimated Pando\u2019s age. They put this at between 16,000 and 80,000 years. \u201cIt makes the Roman Empire seem like just a young, recent thing,\u201d says Ratcliff.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E(This also appeared at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/this-utah-clone-forest-among-oldest-organisms-planet-1981475\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003ENewsweek\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/2454482-worlds-largest-tree-is-also-among-the-oldest-living-organisms\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003ENewScientist\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E.)\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EDNA samples from one of the world\u2019s largest and oldest plants \u2014 a quaking aspen tree (\u003Cem\u003EPopulus tremuloides\u003C\/em\u003E) in Utah called Pando \u2014 have helped researchers to determine its age and revealed clues about its evolutionary history.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E\u201cIt\u2019s kind of shocking to me that there hasn\u2019t been a lot of genetic interest in Pando already, given how cool it is,\u201d says study co-author\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/will-ratcliff\u0022\u003EWilliam Ratcliff\u003C\/a\u003E, an associate professor in the\u0026nbsp; \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Biological Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EBy inputting Pando\u2019s genetic data into a theoretical model that plots an organism\u2019s evolutionary lineage, the researchers estimated Pando\u2019s age. They put this at between 16,000 and 80,000 years. \u201cIt makes the Roman Empire seem like just a young, recent thing,\u201d says Ratcliff.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E(This also appeared at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/this-utah-clone-forest-among-oldest-organisms-planet-1981475\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003ENewsweek\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/2454482-worlds-largest-tree-is-also-among-the-oldest-living-organisms\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003ENewScientist\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E.)\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"36583","created_gmt":"2024-11-04 20:41:38","changed_gmt":"2024-11-12 21:24:49","author":"lvidal7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Nature ","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/d41586-024-03570-4","dateline":{"date":"2024-11-01T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-11-01T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"}],"categories":[{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166882","name":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"id":"194067","name":"go-biointhenews"},{"id":"194069","name":"Pando"},{"id":"194073","name":"quaking aspen"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}