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Quercus suber is an extremely important forest species in European Western Mediterranean regions, due to its ecological value and economic potential, allowing local sustainable use of
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Obdiplostemony, the two-whorled stamen configuration with outer stamens in alternisepalous position, has been a controversial condition for a long time. Ronse De Craene and Bull-
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Biological systems face constant perturbations, yet often manage to produce invariable developmental phenotypes. Developmental robustness is a property observed across phyla and recent work in yeast,
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Cleistogamous plants have the ability to produce closed obligately selfing flowers, and open potentially outcrossed flowers. Flower proportion is known to vary in response to reliable
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Senescence is the process of losing fitness when growing old, and is shaped by the trade-off between maintenance and reproduction that makes reproduction more unsure
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Thiophores, which are typically desert gypsophytes, accumulate high (2–6 % S dry weight) sulphur concentrations and may possess unique tolerance to environmental stress factors, e.g.
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Isolated trees subjected to high irradiance and concomitant stress may adjust leaf phenotypes across the tree crown. The plasticity in structural traits such as leaf angles
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Banana streak viruses (BSV) present in the B genome of banana or plantain cultivars give rise to spontaneous infections following abiotic stresses. Because cooking banana is
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Sieve tubes are essential for the distribution of photoassimilates in higher plants. These are networks of cells that pass carbohydrates from leaves to other parts of
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The evolution of extensive and complex rooting systems during the Devonian had significant impacts on global terrestrial ecosystems. Despite the transformative nature of roots, detailed understanding
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They say you’re an adult when you stop growing up and start growing out. Trees do both, investing in primary growth, height, and secondary growth,
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Historical and ongoing hybridization between the oak species Quercus petraea and Q. robur leads to difficulty in identifying the taxonomic status of individual trees. Despite this,