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Bilateral symmetry has evolved as an adaptive trait linked to efficient pollination and successful outcrossing, occurring over 170 times in angiosperms and in many plant groups
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The debate on naming continues. What makes a name scientific?
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The underground system known as the saxophone stem produced by seedlings of certain palm species exhibits unique growth patterns and distinctive morphologies. Nascimento e Souza et
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For people more interested in LOLCatkins instead of LOLCats.
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Poaceae is one of the most diverse families in Madagascar, but some lineages have not yet been assessed within a phylogenetic framework. This study focused on
Plant Cuttings
Looking back to the annus horribilis that was 2016 we might reflect on the loss of so many icons of the world of music, e.g.
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Rye supernumerary (B) chromosomes possess an accumulation mechanism involving the subtelomeric domain enriched by B chromosome specific DNA sequence families, D1100 and E3900. Pereira et al.
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Are winter and summer dormancy symmetrical seasonal adaptive strategies?
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Amborella trichopoda, the sister species of all other extant angiosperms, is typically dioecious, producing male and female flowers on separate individuals. Anger et al. map sex
Growth & Development
Trees have been, are, and will continue to be a valuable renewable resource for myriad products from construction materials to books. To keep up with demand,
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Dormancy mechanisms act to optimise the timing of seed germination for many seed plants. Fogliani et al. demonstrate that the New-Caledonian shrub Amborella trichopoda exhibits
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For International Women’s Day 2017, we asked plant biologist Dr Zoë Popper [http://www.nuigalway.ie/our-research/people/natural-sciences/zoepopper/] to write about a typical day in her working life. Here, she reflects on the importance of diversity in her job.