More than 2.3 million ancient genetic switches discovered in plants reveal how key growth controls endured 300 million years ...
In 1950, G. Ledyard Stebbins devoted two chapters of his book Variation and Evolution in Plants (Columbia Univ. Press, New York) to polyploidy, one on occurrence and nature and one on distribution and ...
Brassica rapa plants pollinated by bumblebees evolve more attractive flowers. But this evolution is compromised if caterpillars attack the plant at the same time. With the bees pollinating them less ...
Plant biology has been at the heart of Nanjing University’s Department of Biology since its beginning in 1914. Its scientists have achieved significant results in plant classification, algae research, ...
The story of Earth’s very first plant is far more complex than pinpointing a single species - it is a saga of evolution that began in ancient oceans and ultimately reshaped the planet itself.
A new paper in Molecular Biology and Evolution, published by Oxford University Press, indicates that while the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime has collected annual data on areas of coca ...