From fossils to landscapes: the art of reconstructing plants in the past
How can you reconstruct the vegetation of deep time? One professor has turned to canvas and paint.
Where Have All The Good Men Gone? Don’t Despair – Make Some Yourself (That’s What Plants Do..)
Observed rates of evolution in the experiment were among the highest yet recorded.
Research uncovers a gene that gives pollen grains their unique shapes
The mysterious and complex patterns on pollen walls may self-organise – and far earlier than expected.
The same mobile protein governs seed size and infloresence structure
The mobile protein connected to the regulation of flowering in Arabidopsis also helps regulate endosperm development in the seed.
Hanging On To Your Date, Avoiding Incest And Not Getting Infected – All In A Day’s Work For Flowers Of The Mustard Family
Mustard plants have evolved clever cellular tricks to avoid “dating” their own pollen, using molecular signals to accept strangers and reject relatives.
Plant gamete ‘companion’ cells: one step forward – one step back
Germ line gene silencing by siRNAs.
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