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Choosing the correct candidate gene (two Viewpoint papers)
This is an exciting time to study how different non-model species use common developmental genes to create such diversity in the plant world. In many
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Women on top…
As debates continue over gender-bias in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) subjects and careers for women (e.g. Karen Purcell), it is timely to
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Natural Colour? How are the colours of New England in the fall changing?
New England is known for the colours of the trees in autumn. The leaves turn a striking red. However, research in PLOS One suggests that global
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Phylogeography and seed dispersal in islands
Rumex bucephalophorus subsp. canariensis (Polygonaceae) is an endemic taxon to Macaronesia with diaspore polymorphism. Talavera et al. use AFLP analysis to study 260 plants from 22
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Heavy Metal Plant LIVES ON ROCK
If plants did rock out at concerts then the one above would definitely be Bornmuellera to be wild. Some plants like to be in sunlight in
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Genetic structure and diversity of Coffea
In addition to the two species cultivated for coffee, Coffea arabica and C. canephora, the genus has a further 123 wild species, of which 112 are
Plant Cuttings
Hair today; iHair tomorrow…
At the subterranean interface between ‘plant’ and ‘non-plant’ few structures play a more important role than root hairs – tiny, closed-ended tubular projections from single
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Leaf traits and disease tolerance in Dutch elm hybrids
Ophiostoma novo-ulmi, the causative agent of Dutch elm disease (DED), is able to colonize remote areas in infected plants of Ulmus such as the leaf
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Phytofoodophylogeny…
Working hard on your behalf, one of my many ‘spies’ has tipped me off about a ‘super blog with phylogenies of food plants and lots of
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Neotropical mangroves compete for pollinators
Co-flowering species can either compete for pollination services, have no effect on one another or facilitate one another by attracting more pollinators. Landry studies two
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A complicated way of having sex – and not without risks
Boy meets girl. Boy fertilizes girl. Patter of tiny feet. That’s the story of animal passion. But for flowering plants, it’s different. Pollen meets
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Sporophytes and calyptras
Photograph by Ron Oldfield, Macquarie University, See http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcs295The image shows sporophytes and calyptras of Funaria hygrometrica, a water moss