Researchers from the University of Freiburg have identified the HAN molecule as an important regulator that controls plant growth in conjunction with WOX5. Understanding this mechanism is relevant for ...

The team zeroed in the formation of axillary meristems—stem cells that give rise to branches—in Arabidopsis thaliana and tomato, finding few cell divisions between the apical meristem located at the ...

Unlike many animals, the adult body of a plant is not defined during embryogenesis. Instead, throughout their lifecycle, plants undergo a series of developmental changes that rely on the activity of ...

From left to right: mature barley plant; comparison between wild type and HvCLV1 mutant barley inflorescences; microscopic images of barley inflorescences in early development stages. The top-right ...

Non-vascular bryophytes live in colonies that cover the ground and resemble tiny forests. In a real forest, plants compete for light in different layers of the canopy. If a plant does not receive ...

Mutations drive evolution, but they can also be risky. New research led by plant biologists at the University of California, Davis, published Nov. 10 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ...

The ethical issues involved in stem cell research will be addressed in a free public lecture and discussion on Monday, April 17, at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Laurie Zoloth, professor ...