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Sunflowers’ Bee-Attracting Ultraviolet Also Helps Retain Moisture
Sunflowers’ Bee-Attracting Ultraviolet Also Helps Retain Moisture
The dual purposes of the plants’ hidden colors may conflict as the climate warms, authors of a new study suggest.
The dual purposes of the plants’ hidden colors may conflict as the climate warms, authors of a new study suggest.
Plant genetics, genetics & genomics
Genes from Bacteria Likely Aided Plants’ Move to Land
Shawna Williams | Nov 15, 2019 | 2 min read
An analysis suggests that DNA cribbed from soil microbes enabled plants’ ancestors to colonize a terrestrial environment.
234-Year-Old Tree Has Impressively Stable Genome
Jef Akst | Jun 20, 2017 | 1 min read
Genomic analysis of an oak tree that lived during Napoleon’s time supports the idea that plants somehow avoid the accumulation of mutations in their stem cells.
Widespread Plant Immune Tactics
Jef Akst | Feb 22, 2016 | 2 min read
A survey of plant genomes reveals how different species trick pathogens into triggering their immune defenses.
Stranger than Fiction
Mary Beth Aberlin | Jan 1, 2014 | 3 min read
Plant biology: You can't make this stuff up.
In Evolution's Garden
Megan Scudellari | Jun 1, 2013 | 9 min read
Raising one evolutionary question after another, Brandon Gaut has harvested a crop of novel findings about how plant genomes evolve.