Queen Mary, alongside conservationists Trees for Life, and Highland Birchwoods are partnering to supervise a PhD student, James Borrell, who is surveying the genetic diversity of dwarf birch ...

Genetic legacy of rare dwarf trees is widespread Date: April 24, 2014 Source: Queen Mary, University of London Summary: Genetic evidence that one of Britain's native tree species, the dwarf birch ...

Scientists from Queen Mary, University of London have sequenced the genetic code of a birch tree for the first time, which could help protect British birch populations. The genome, which is around ...

The genome, which is around 450 million letters, will help researchers understand the genetic basis of traits such as disease resistance and growth shape. There are over sixty species of birch trees ...

The charity said dwarf birch were part of a group of plants that grow in areas above 300m (984ft) in the Scottish hills. It is a small tree that grows no more than a metre tall.

As global warming continues, stray genes and fossils could be all that is left of dwarf birch in Britain.” The current scarcity of dwarf birch seems to be a combination of the effects of global ...

Seeds have been collected from dwarf birch trees near Loch Ness as part of the UK National Tree Seed Project. They will be stored in the underground vaults of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew's ...