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Protein gradients in wheat endosperm
The starchy endosperm of wheat, Triticum aestivum, has three major components: protein, starch and cell wall polysaccharides, which are are not homogenously distributed across the tissue.
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Origin of triploid Arachis by autopolyploidy
Origin of triploid <i>Arachis</i> by autopolyploidy The origins of the economically important tetraploids in Arachis (including peanut) have largely been
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Love and Flowers: When analogies break down
I’ve learned a lot from a new article in AoB PLANTS, the Open Access sister Journal to Annals of Botany. It’s Green love talks;
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Plants as Persons: A Philosophical Botany
Plants are people too? Well, before you put in the call to have me taken me away, let me explain where I’m coming from. Way
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Evolution, classification and biogeography of Velloziaceae
There is considerable discord among treatments of the Velloziaceae despite the large amount of data that exists for this family. Mello-Silva et al. undertake analyses
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Xylem structure and passive bacterial spread
The bacterium Xylella fastidiosa, responsible for Pierce’s disease of grapevine, colonizes the xylem conduits of vines. Chatelet et al. examine the xylem structure of several
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Polyploid speciation in Asplenium
Polyploidy is a major evolutionary force generating new plant species. Hunt et al. explore the dynamics of allopolyploid speciation in the western Mediterranean rock fern Asplenium
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Phriday Photo: Wollemi Pine
I was in London earlier this week for an editorial meeting with many of the Annals of Botany members. As part of it, I took my
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Function and evolution of sterile sex organs
Why are sterile anthers and carpels retained in some flowering plants, given their likely costs? Yu et al. study a cryptically dioecious species, Petasites tricholobus, in
Plant Cuttings
And the winner is…
… well, it’s not a plant! And how predictable! The Top 10 new species of 2010 includes no plants. However, before all readers of this column
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Gender segregation and sex allocation in pine
Many sex-ratio-related studies have focused on dioecious or monoecious herbaceous plants, but relatively few have looked at trees. Ne’eman et al. examine changes
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iPhone 4 ID? OMG!
If you thought that acquiring the expertise to identify plants took many years of application, you’d be wrong. Now – apparently – it takes only one application