Wonderful world of color. (Letters).In response to ("Why turn Red?" SN: 10/26/02, p. 264), I'd like to ask why is it that on our campus, native swamp maples growing within 30 feet of one another display totally different leaf color? While I appreciate them aesthetically, I'd also like to understand why their anthocyanin anthocyanin red-colored agent in fruit. production is different. MARCIA WALSH, NORTH ANDOVER North Andover (ăn`dōvər), town (1990 pop. 22,792), Essex co., NE Mass., on the Merrimack River, in a dairy and farm area; settled c.1644, set off from Andover and inc. 1855. , MASS. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. David Lee of Florida International University Florida International University, primarily at University Park, Miami; coeducational; chartered 1965, opened 1972. A research university, it has 18 colleges and schools and many specialized centers and institutes, including those in biomedical engineering, database in Miami, the answer could lie in small genetic or habitat differences among the trees. He adds, "Actually, we know little about the patterns of such variation in nature.... Often, we take for granted such phenomena so close to us when, in fact, they are poorly studied."--S. MILIUS |
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