Dipterocarps prove drought hits both tall and small trees, with gravity not as protection
New research suggests tropical giants and smaller neighbors share the same drought vulnerability, reshaping forest risk models.

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New research suggests tropical giants and smaller neighbors share the same drought vulnerability, reshaping forest risk models.
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A Broad Institute method called BGE makes deep genetics scale to thousands of samples by slashing cost.
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