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Regulation of anisotropic cell elongation in Arabidopsis
If a plant wants to grow, it needs reliable anisotropic cell elongation*. Getting the cells to elongate has a couple of constraints. There is...
The trouble with travelling tree rings
There is a huge demand for long-term climate data, and tree growth rings could help with that, but an article in Quaternary Science Reviews warns there should be some caution using the data, as not all rings are the same.
Somatic ploidy mapping of the complex labellum of sexually deceptive bee...
Recent tissue-level observations made indirectly via flow cytometry show that endoreplication (partial or complete duplication of the nuclear genome in the absence of subsequent...
Variations in leaf growth parameters within the tree structure of adult...
The dynamics and distribution of plant leaf area are results of synchronization in phyllochron, leaf expansion, life span, axes emergency and senescence within the branching structure.
Seed dormancy regulates germination response to smoke and temperature in a...
Seed dormancy status regulates the response of seeds to environmental cues that can trigger germination. Anigozanthos flavidus (Haemodoraceae) produces seeds with morphophysiological dormancy that are...
Dark soils are the shadow of hidden agriculture
Stains left in the soil from past farmers, and the plants they cultivated, are helping illuminate prehistoric inhabitants of the Amazon.
