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Phylogeny and biogeography of wild roses
Roses are from Asia.
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Where did your cells come from?
Where did your complex cells come from? A new model literally turns an old theory inside out.
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Ethics and “Such studies taking these factors into account may eventually lead to our better, comprehensive understanding of the association between the”
“Such studies taking these factors into account may eventually lead to our better, comprehensive understanding of the association between the” is a phrase that features in
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Making water lily flowers and tomatoes – this week in Annals of Botany
Making water lily flowers and tomatoes – this week in Annals of Botany.
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Evolution shaped the internal beauty of plants
As plants embraced the terrestrial lifestyle, they underwent a range of adaptations to increase their size and stature as well as to facilitate transport of water
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Pteris – the most diverse ferns
The inferred biogeographic history highlights long-distance dispersal as a major process shaping the worldwide distribution of the genus Pteris.
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Ecophysiology of Nostoc – pioneer and permanent resident
As free-living organisms and as symbionts in lichens, Nostoc species are both pioneers and permanent members of harsh ecosystems.
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Some good stuff in the recent edition of CBE Life Sciences Education
Some good stuff in the recent edition of CBE Life Sciences Education.
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Do changes in water levels in wetlands give plants a backbone?
The usual rule whenever a headline asks a silly question is that answer is no, and that’s the same here because plants don’t have
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Bacteria and seed dormancy, nitrogen acquisition in grass species and the cellular basis of salt tolerance in halophytes – what’s new in Annals of Botany this week.
Bacteria and seed dormancy, nitrogen acquisition in grass species and the cellular basis of salt tolerance in halophytes.
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Laughing gas no laughing matter for climate change
There’s an interesting article published in PLOS One that I like. It’s one of these things that’s very clever, but the basic idea
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Inflorescences take centre stage
Annals of Botany has a new special issue in Free Access: Inflorescences. It’s a useful reminder to me of another area of Botany I need