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Do Plants Get Cancer?

Have you ever seen a tree with a big, twisted knot growing out of it? That’s just one way that plants can show signs of cancer. Quick Questions explains.

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Sources:
http://www.nature.com/nrc/journal/v10/n11/full/nrc2942.html
http://www.huntington.org/uploadedFiles/Files/PDFs/GIB-DoPlantsGetCancer.pdf
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/16/science/can-plants-get-cancer.html
http://www.popsci.com/article/science/ask-anything-do-plants-get-cancer
http://forest.mtu.edu/research/hwbuck/hardwood_defects/galls.html

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