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Variability of interstitial telomeric-like repeats in Mediterranean weedy species
A telomere is the region of DNA that marks the end of a chromosome. The protect the ends of the chromosome, and stop one...
How do orchids get a taste for fungi?
You may have heard the phrase "you are what you eat", but some scientists are tracking the evolution of new diets in orchids by taking the phrase literally.
Sodium chloride alters cadmium accumulation and metabolites in halophyte Carpobrotus rossii
Salinity affects plant growth and metabolites in plants, which in turn affect Cd accumulation. Cheng et al. ran a hydroponic experiment to assess the...
Retrotransposons in holocentric chromosomes of Eleocharis with different ploidy levels
Long terminal repeat-retrotransposons (LTR-RTs) comprise a large portion of plant genomes, with massive repeat blocks distributed across the chromosomes. Eleocharis (Cyperaceae) species have holocentric...
Loss of functional diversity and network modularity in introduced plant–fungal symbioses
Native and alien trees associate with a wide range of beneficial fungi, but the few studies of these interactions tend to focus only on...
Kew publishes its State of the World’s Fungi report
Kew's report highlights how ignorant we are of an astonishingly successful Kingdom of life.
