We've unveiled the waratah's genetic secrets, helping preserve this Australian icon for the future
- Written by: Stephanie Chen, PhD Candidate, UNSW
Vrweare/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SAWhen the smoke cleared after the Black Summer bushfires of 2019-20, the bush surrounding the Blue Mountains Botanic Garden Mount Tomah was charred. Among the casualties was a NSW waratah, Telopea speciosissima, that had recently become the first of its species to have its genome sequenced. We have published this...










