Sun et al. used genomic data to reconstruct the phylogeny of Abelia and found a clear pattern of reticulate evolution in the group.
Category - Cells, Genes & Molecules
Alex Assiry
Botanists find the effects of ancient climates in the modern genomes of two closely related oak species
Botanists examined the genomes of two species, Quercus acutissima and Q. chenii, to see if changes in the climate three million years ago affected how they hybridised.
Fi Gennu
Why would a plant that doesn’t live in a wildfire zone need to be able to smell smoke?
The ability to smell smoke is important if you're expecting a fire - but some plants have altered how they use this sense to modify how they grow.
Dale Maylea
Computational model predicts soybean response to climate change
A successful plant model has now been parameterized to include soybean growth under elevated CO2.
Rachel Shekar
Grass finds more than one way to survive in saline soil
A study of two species of grass in China finds that they have developed different methods to cope with the stress of saline-alkali soils.
Alun Salt
What does chlorophyll leave behind after a billion years?
Scientists have identified one of the earliest multicellular algae. Their new method could help unlock much more information from Precambrian fossils.
Simulating grass phenotypic plasticity as an emergent property
Integrating plant functioning at organ scale can simulate the phenotypic plasticity of plants.
Increasing the copies of genes increases the ecological niche that nettles can thrive in
Botanists find it's easier to find the gene to cope with a problem if you carry more copies of genes.
How much does a phytolith look like an average phytolith?
The phylogenetic pattern in phytolith shape was successfully revealed by applying geometric morphometrics to 2D phytolith shape outlines, strengthening the potential of phytoliths to track the evolutionary history and...
botanyone
Evolutionary history of two rare conifers from the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau
This study sheds light on the evolution of two endemic juniper species from the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau and their responses to Quaternary climate fluctuations
Brassinosteroids regulate petal spur length in Aquilegia
Botanists used virus-induced gene silencing and gene expression experiments to understand the function of brassinosteroid-related transcription factors in Aquilegia coerulea petal spurs.
Plant computational model explains how leaf veins develop
Polar auxin transport dynamics control vein patterning.
Target capture sequencing for investigating repetitive DNA
Botanists find a way to recycle genomic data and contribute to a better characterization of plant biodiversity.
The nature of eyebright intraspecific genome size variation
Botanists find notable genuine genome size variation of up to 1.3-fold between individuals of the same species.
