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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 cell
Plants & People
Stains left in the soil from past farmers, and the plants they cultivated, are helping illuminate prehistoric inhabitants of the Amazon.
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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.
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A long disagreement over the origins of millet farming in Africa may have been solved by combining genetics with archaeological evidence.
Reviews
The Story of Soy by Christine du Bois 2018. Reaktion Books Ltd. Before encountering Christine du Bois’ book, The Story of Soy, I had little real
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The shape of the root system creates a lot of the context for plants to interact with a source of nutrients, water and pathogens. If you
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Plants use miRNAs to pass signals between cells. But cells can’t just let anything in or out, so how do miRNAs get around?
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A shoot shouldn’t become a flower too early, but needs some control over when the process happens. A paper in JXB finds the genes responsible.
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It’s not just nettles that sting. Plants discovered how to defend themselves multiple times, but whatever building blocks they use, they all share a similar design in needles.
Growth & Development
Understanding how forests grow and how they metabolize carbon is crucial to ecosystem carbon flux, feedbacks between vegetation and climate, and the forestry. However, a key
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Root cortical senescence (RCS) is a poorly understood phenomenon with implications for adaptation to edaphic stress. Schneider et al. demonstrate that ethylene modulates RCS.
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How did life get so diverse ?in silico modelling of evolution suggests there’s not one specific cause, but a complex interaction including diversity interacting with itself.