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miR172 down-regulates the translation of cleistogamy1 in barley
Flower opening in barley (Hordeum vulgare) is induced by the swelling of the lodicule, a trait under the suppressor protein CLY1 encoded by the cleistogamy1 (cly1)
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Raising awareness of plant blindness
Readers of this column will know that there is a problem with the inability – or unwillingness – of people generally to appreciate plants. This is the well-
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The maize lil1 gene is involved in plant growth and drought response
The brassinosteroids hormones are involved in plant development and plant–environment interactions. In this work, Castorina et al. performed a detailed analysis of lilliputian1-1 (lil1-
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Photosynthesis: a fast-changing process in an even faster world
Photosynthesis is the process that fuels a plant. It sets the energy budget for the organism. It’s no surprise it’s a well-studied process,
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Timing of the effect of polyploidy on clonality in an autopolyploid plant
Clonal reproduction in polyploids is expected to exceed that in diploids, due to either the immediate direct effects of whole-genome duplication (WGD) or selection during
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80 wonderful trees and their stories
Around the World in 80 Trees by Jonathan Drori 2018. Laurence King Publishing Ltd. Stephen Barstow did it with plants, Dan Cruikshank did it with man-
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Evidence that divergent selection shapes a developmental cline in a forest tree species complex
Evolutionary change in developmental trajectories (heterochrony) is a major mechanism of adaptation in plants and animals. However, there are few detailed studies of the variation in
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Plant-animal interactions deal with wildfires in unexpected ways
A guest post by Yedra García, María Clara Castellanos and Juli G. Pausas Wildfires might seem like dramatic events, even in ecosystems where they are fully
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Diversification of the resurrection monocot family Velloziaceae
The greater diversity of plant clades in the Neotropics compared to their relatives in Africa is a pervasive pattern in biogeography. To better understand the causes
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New form of photosynthesis that’s above par
PAR is the acronym for Photosynthetically-Active Radiation, and refers to light with wavelengths of 400 – 700 nm, the so-called visible spectrum, from red to
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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 vacuolar turgor
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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.