1967/10/06 by A. E. Porsild, C. R. Harington, Gerald A. Mulligan · 1 citation
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Health Professions · #Botanical Research and Chemistry #Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies #Indigenous Studies and Ecology
paper · doi:10.1126/science.158.3797.113
openalex publication_date 1967/10/06 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/23
Seeds of the arctic tundra lupine (Lupinus arcticus) at least 10,000 years old were found in lemming burrows deeply buried in permanently frozen silt of Pleistocene age in unglaciated central Yukon. They readily germinated in the laboratory and have since grown into normal, healthy plants.