How can you reconstruct the vegetation of deep time? One professor has turned to canvas and paint.
Author - Hugh Dickinson
Hugh Dickinson
Where Have All The Good Men Gone? Don’t Despair – Make Some Yourself (That’s What Plants Do..)
Observed rates of evolution in the experiment were among the highest yet recorded.
Research uncovers a gene that gives pollen grains their unique shapes
The mysterious and complex patterns on pollen walls may self-organise – and far earlier than expected.
The same mobile protein governs seed size and infloresence structure
The mobile protein connected to the regulation of flowering in Arabidopsis also helps regulate endosperm development in the seed.
Alun Salt
Hanging On To Your Date, Avoiding Incest And Not Getting Infected – All In A Day’s Work For Flowers Of The Mustard Family
In the mustard family, which includes the important crop Brassica (rapeseed/canola) and the model plant Arabidopsis, the surfaces of the female stigmatic cells are dry. These cells – on which the pollen grains land...
Plant gamete ‘companion’ cells: one step forward – one step back
Germ line gene silencing by siRNAs.
Q: What do plant fertilization, diurnal rhythms and hybrid vigour all have in common?
A: They are all connected by Epigenetics. Presenting the first Annals of Botany Special Seminar* at the Plant Sciences Department at Oxford University on March 31st, Professor Jeff Chen (University of Texas) explained...
