After inversion by CRISPR/Cas, the epigenetic state of plant chromosomes remains stable
The epigenetic state of chromatin, gene activity, and chromosomal positions are interrelated. A research team from the IPK ...
Crucial plant protein traced back to over 600 millions years ago, predating the first plant
Wageningen researchers have discovered that a vital plant protein originated more than 600 million years ago, long before the ...
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Saving Earth's most endangered plants from extinction is proving to be very difficult
Discover how botanic gardens worldwide are striving to combat plant extinction through innovation, collaboration, and ...
Botanic gardens must team up to save wild plants from extinction, say researchers
A major study of botanic gardens around the world has revealed their struggles with one fundamental aim: to safeguard the ...
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Plants more likely to 'eavesdrop' on neighbours than warn them of danger
It is more likely plants use their communication networks to "eavesdrop" on their neighbours than alert them to dangers, an ...
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Spring begins in Geneva when the official horse chestnut tree says so
It's spring in Geneva when the secretary general of the cantonal parliament sees the first leaf on the city's official horse ...
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Hobbyists on mission to discover new and lost flora
It was on one of his regular hikes in the mountains on the outskirts of Beijing that botanist Mu Xianyun came across a tiny ...
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Plant's name-giving feature found to be new offspring-ensuring method
130 years after a fungus-eating plant received its name, a researcher has uncovered the purpose of the structure that inspired its name -- revealing a novel mechanism by which plants ensure ...