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Asymmetric cell divisions in plant development
Kajala et al. describe regulation of asymmetric cell divisions for the embryo, including the first divisions of the zygote.
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Halloween Special: First record of bat-pollination in Tillandsia
Bats are responsible for pollinating several species of plants. A new paper in Annals of Botany reports for the first time bat-pollination of a species
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Hydrometeorology and ecophysiology of cloud forests
The links between hydrometeorological conditions and vegetation distribution, functioning and survival.
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Pollinator discrimination, acorn antiques and fossil climates – new this week in Annals of Botany
Pollinator discrimination, acorn antiques and fossil climates – new this week in Annals of Botany.
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Maintenance of plant species cohesion despite ongoing hybridization
When species cohesion is maintained despite ongoing natural hybridisation.
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Polyploidy and the evolution of flax
A previous and hitherto unknown whole-genome duplication event also occurred in cultivated flax 20–40 MYA.
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How rice germinates under water
Rice has the rare ability to germinate and elongate a coleoptile under oxygen-deficient conditions. Here’s why.
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The controversial origin of the coconut
So where do coconuts originate from – America or Asia?
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A better understanding of wheat gluten
Wheat is the most important food crop in the temperate world, but we know little about the gluten it contains.
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Pollen limitation and reduced reproductive success
Even though P. virginiana is a widespread species, fragmented populations experience significant reductions in fruit set and pollen limitation.
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Understanding and forecasting the response of plants to climate change
Response of the fern Asplenium fontanum to environmental change since the last ice-age.
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Reproduction and invasiveness in St. John’s wort
Invasiveness is not correlated with the genome variability and reproductive variability that characterize St. John’s wort.