With both leaves and roots of epiphytes exposed to the atmosphere, can these plants be used as a model to explore co-evolution of root and leaf anatomical traits?
It seems that for some plants and insects the attraction is so strong that they could not live without each other. This post is in both English and French.
Evolution need not be a lonely path. Some insects and plants have evolved in partnership with each other, sharing an attraction that's can be almost electric.
One of the great strengths of the scientific method is its ability to make predictions that can be tested. One of the most famous of those predictions is Charles Darwin’s oft-cited 1862 inference that a long-throated...
In Collinsia heterophylla, a mixed-mating species with delayed stigma receptivity, there is a potential for a sexual conflict over timing of stigma receptivity. Madjidian et al. use experimental crosses and perform...