Alex Assiry
A 3D functional–structural plant model of shoot and root driven by soil hydraulics
Differences in Protea Traits Add up to Explain Differences in Fitness
It’s the differences in individuals that make one Protea more successful than another.
Indeterminate Domain (IDD) proteins say something about a distant common ancestor of Streptophyta
Invaders and Natives show different variability in Hawaii
Native and invading plants vary differently in leaf shape in response to climate. Curiously, sometimes the native plants are more acquisitive than the invaders.
Not All Scarlet Pimpernels Arrange Their Sexual Organs the Same Way to Avoid Pollinating Themselves
When there are unsuitable partners around, Lysimachia arvensis, will alter its herkogamy to favour self pollination over outcrossing with the wrong flowers
Computer Modelling of Crop Alignments Could Fight Weeds in an Environmentally Way
The Hidden Heritage of Pinyon Pines
High Gene Flow Shapes the Invasion of the Bitter Vine in Asia
Mikania micrantha benefits from high gene flow when invading new territory in Asia.
Plants Can Change Their Xylem Anatomy to Maintain Conductivity
Sap must flow, so the xylem must change.
Predominance of L-S Type of rDNA Organization in Liverworts
The rDNA of Liverworts is unusually organised.
Chromosome evolution in asymmetrical meiosis
Dog-roses have some special genetic tricks to cope with odd-ploidy.
Water Economy Responses to Water Level Drawdown in Sphagnum Mosses
Not all Sphagnum moss manages water in the same way.
Botanists Pull Apart the Genes of Bananas to See How They Came Together
Banana genes reveal how they may have passed through other hybrid stages.