Bulking up: do plants make gains in secondary metabolites through genome duplication?
Whole genome duplication is often associated with gains in plant developmental complexity. Does this include secondary metabolites?
Cells, Genes & Molecules
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It’s epigenetics after all! How environmentally-induced traits might support plant ecosystems
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Short- and long-term responses to elevated carbon dioxide use the same genetic controls
Manipulating stomatal traits could produce more crops for dry regions.
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How a conifer spread between isolated mountain-tops: the demographic history of Podocarpus latifolius/milanjianus
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How to eat bugs without really trying? Insights from the genomes of carnivorous plants
Genes for carnivory arose from a duplication of the genome turning plants into hunters.
The mystery element: building a variable plant cuticle
Cutan must play a role in plant cuticles, but it’s not clear how much cutan a cuticle contains.
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