Genome duplication probably gave biodiversity a decisive evolutionary boost. A Chinese-German research team led by Axel Meyer from the University of Konstanz has now investigated the early phases of ...

Plants use sunlight to convert water and carbon dioxide into energy-rich sugars and oxygen in various ways (photosynthesis).

Events of both hybridization and polyploidy are capable of completely restructuring the genome, modifying phenotypic traits and affecting ecological interactions. For plants, these changes may affect ...

Angiosperms display an enormous diversity of forms, functions and strategies when it comes to reproduction. This multiplicity has been translated into several terminological concepts and contexts, ...

JH intracellular signaling (hereafter referred to as JH signaling if not mentioned otherwise) stimulates Vg production in the fat body by inducing Vg expression, as well as activating DNA replication ...

Ancient polyploidization in soybean (32) apparently allowed divergence of the Rhg1 α-SNAP gene to form an incompletely penetrant dominant-negative allele whose deleterious phenotype is dependent on ...