{"id":1427,"date":"2018-02-19T17:23:39","date_gmt":"2018-02-19T23:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/?p=1427"},"modified":"2018-03-11T17:31:18","modified_gmt":"2018-03-11T22:31:18","slug":"citrus-roots-reach-back-to-the-himalayas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/?p=1427","title":{"rendered":"Citrus Roots Reach Back to the Himalayas"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 182px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/science.kjzz.org\/node\/609042\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/science.kjzz.org\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/special_story_images_aspect_switcher\/public\/image1_citrus_origin_traced_to_Himalaya_foothill.jpg?itok=g6mK3vtj\" width=\"182\" height=\"241\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Citrus originated at the foot of the Himalayas. Artist&#8217;s conception by Manuel Talon, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias (IVIA), Spain.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>They say when life gives you lemons, make lemonade. But what if life hands you sour oranges and citrons?<\/p>\n<p>Simple: You make lemons.<\/p>\n<p>So says a new genetic analysis by an international team of scientists that seeks to clear up citrus&#8217; tangled backstory.<\/p>\n<p>Read\/listen to my full story at KJZZ\u2019s Arizona Science Desk:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/science.kjzz.org\/node\/609042\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Study Traces Citrus Family Tree To Foot Of The Himalayas<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They say when life gives you lemons, make lemonade. But what if life hands you sour oranges and citrons? Simple: You make lemons. So says a new genetic analysis by an international team of scientists that seeks to clear up citrus&#8217; tangled backstory. Read\/listen to my full story at KJZZ\u2019s Arizona Science Desk: Study Traces &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/?p=1427\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Citrus Roots Reach Back to the Himalayas<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,12,84,4,31,3],"tags":[1407,1408,1377,644,1259,1406,1409],"class_list":["post-1427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biochemistry","category-consumer","category-genetics","category-history","category-how-to","category-science","tag-asia","tag-australia","tag-biodiversity","tag-dna","tag-evolution","tag-gene-sequencing","tag-himalayas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1427"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1427\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1431,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1427\/revisions\/1431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}