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Phylogenetic and functional signals in ovular secretions of gymnosperms
This study reinforces the antiquity of insect–plant pollination mutualisms in Gnetophyta, which have a fossil record beginning in the Triassic.
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Cell growth and homeostasis are disrupted in Arabidopsis rns2-2 mutants
The salvage pathway that recycles rRNA is shown to be important in maintaining normal nucleoside levels and cellular homeostasis in plants.
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Carbohydrate metabolism and androdioecy maintenance in Tapiscia sinensis
Fruit ripening overlaps with flowering, leading to a severe reproductive burden on the hermaphroditic individuals.
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Codon usage in non-grass monocots
Codon usage bias (also known as codon bias) is the selective use of nucleotide triplets (codons) to encode specific amino acid sequences in the protein coding
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The evolution and ecology of plant architecture
Ecological factors affect the distribution of plant architectural diversity and shape its evolution, and future work integrating phylogenetically informed architectural data with ecological variables will continue to unveil how plant architecture is shaped at a global scale.
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Sex-specific morphology and physiology in Ceratodon purpureus
Separate sexes and biased sex ratios are common in bryophytes, yet little is known about how fine-scale, sex-specific morphological traits are correlated with physiology
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Shoot apical meristem and plant body organization: a cross-species comparative study
The shoot apical meristem (SAM) is the key organizing element of the plant body. Surprisingly, there are almost no across-species comparative data showing links between
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Floral morphology and anatomy of Ophiocaryon, a paedomorphic genus of Sabiaceae
Ophiocaryon is a lesser-known genus in Sabiaceae, hitherto without detailed floral study and with unknown pollination mechanisms. Thaowetsuwan et al. examined floral morphology and anatomy
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Solute transport inside feather moss stems
Feather mosses serve as important regulatory organisms for many ecological processes in boreal forests. They are generally considered to be ectohydric species, transporting water on the
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Nectary development and floral architecture in Geraniaceae and Hypseocharitaceae
A closer look at the flowers of Geraniaceae and Hypseocharitaceae reveal organs coming together to produce something new.
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Are the sugary secretions of wasp galls analogues of extrafloral nectar?
They may look like extra-floral nectaries, but the galls in some South American trees are evidence of wasps calling in some help to look after their young.
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Below-ground bud bank along a climatic gradient in a temperate steppe
From the perspective of vegetation regeneration, changes in bud bank density and composition along the climatic gradient could be crucial for the prediction of plant community composition and dynamics under future climatic scenarios.