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New details of Boricua genetics
By Wilson Gonzalez-Espada | 12 January 2014


By Dr. Taras Oleksyk, UPR Mayaguez

A recently published study used genetic analyses to confirm the South American origin of Taínos, the inhabitants of Puerto Rico before 1493. The research team, including several local collaborators, also pinpointed the average proportion of genetic material from Taíno, African, and European ancestors in a sample of people from Puerto Rico.

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Meet the next “quenepas”: longan and rambutan
By Wilson Gonzalez-Espada | 12 January 2014


Scientist Ricardo Goenaga recently published several articles where he described to what extent longan and rambutan fruits could be grown in Puerto Rico at a comercial scale, and what factors can maximize crop yields. The full document is available only in Spanish.

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Jose Miguel Agrelot and his lessons for communicating science
By Wilson Gonzalez-Espada | 12 January 2014


Communicating science is not too different from communicating humor. How Jose Miguel Agrelot successfully adapts a comedy sketch from the United States so that it works for a Puerto Rican audience provides a useful guide for science communicators. The full document is available only in Spanish.

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Scientists discover four new lichen species in Puerto Rico
By Wilson Gonzalez-Espada | 12 January 2014


In a recent publication, scientists from the International Institute of Tropical Forestry described four new species of Coenogonium lichens discovered in Ceiba and Humacao. The full document is available only in Spanish.

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