I started a thread on human genetics in the Technology and Gadgets thread and this one here is on plant genetics. Recent discoveries in the field of genetics are fascinating and I'm expecting that there will be a huge number of more and more monumental discoveries made this next year and in years to come!
Dr Albert and his colleagues said the genome of Amborella – a small understory tree or shrub endemic to the main island, Grande Terre, of New Caledonia in the South Pacific – provides conclusive evidence that the ancestor of all flowering plants, including Amborella, evolved following a ‘genome doubling event’ that occurred about 200 million years ago.
LINK: http://www.sci-news.com/genetics/science-genome-amborella-trichopoda-01631.html