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Silica nanoparticles and structural leaf coloration
Blue iridescence is produced by both the helicoidal wall and silica nanoparticles in the helicoid.
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Why did the chicken cross the road? Because there was a crossover hotspot.
Gene mutations often get a bad name. But they are essential for populations to become more diverse. By acquiring new traits – ideally superhero powers or at
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Picture perfect vs. perfect genuine…
With free digital image editing software has come the temptation to ‘massage’ images so that they look their best.
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Contrasting physiological responses to excess heat and irradiance in two tropical savanna sedges
Trinidad’s Aripo Savanna is a rare example of an intact tropical grassland. It is a living laboratory in which to explore the mechanisms used by
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Hybridization and long-distance colonization at different time scales
Africa was apparently colonized by grasses twice from two different sources, Europe and East Asia.
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The tannosome: a new chloroplast-derived organelle
Condensed tannins (proanthocyanidins) are widely distributed amongst the vascular plants (Tracheophyta). Brillouet et al. use a variety of techniques to examine tannin-rich samples from various
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Stomatal development of early angiosperms
A novel ultrastructural study of developing stomata in leaves of several representative early-divergent angiosperms.
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Conservative water management in the widespread conifer genus Callitris
How plants manage their water use in seasonally dry environments is a major component of each individual species’ ecology. In a new study in AoB PLANTS,
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Non-leaf photosynthesis
Photosynthetic activity of green nectaries can explain a significant part, if not all, of the sugar secreted in nectar.
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Reproductive differentiation into sexual and apomictic cytotypes
Mechanisms enabling the maintenance of sexual and apomictic modes of seed formation in sympatry are poorly understood. Dobeš et al. study populations of Potentilla puberula representing
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Physiological ecology and functional traits of North American native and Eurasian introduced Phragmites australis lineages
Biological invasions pose serious threats to biodiversity and ecosystem services worldwide. While the effects of invasive species are well-documented, less is known about which specific
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What’s yellow and dangerous?
Banana pesticides may have led to toxic effects in the blood of caimans in Costa Rica.