We all know cacti store water—but to survive, they migrate their flowers, and so much more. Scientists want to copy the ...

Plants have a sophisticated mechanism for monitoring the production of new proteins. The U1 snRNP complex ensures that the ...

Plants have a sophisticated mechanism for monitoring the production of new proteins. The "U1 snRNP" complex ensures that the ...

Winners of the Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition captured insects, cancer cells, cat claws and more ...

An Iowa State University plant biologist received a $1.8 million federal grant to study a gene that affects both how plants ...

For the 199 genotypes of the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana collected from around the world, genomic DNA information was ...

“It all started with the observation of a mutant of the model species Arabidopsis thaliana – the thale cress – whose stem was surprisingly transparent,” recalled Fankhauser. These plants failed to ...

In this study, Pankasem investigated the genetic mechanisms of two plant species, Arabidopsis thaliana, a well-studied weed species and Brachypodium distachyon, a flowering plant that is related ...

Even the tiniest disruption can have a cascading effect. So, for plants like Arabidopsis thaliana, it's good to have a backup plan. "Chromosomes have to be accurately partitioned every time a cell ...

Even the tiniest disruption can have a cascading effect. So, for plants like Arabidopsis thaliana, it's good to have a backup plan. "Chromosomes have to be accurately partitioned every time a cell ...

The majority of variation segregating in natural populations is quantitative, and its expression depends on genetic background, environment, and interactions with these two factors. Traditionally, the ...

Our group is studying the development of vascular cambium by using Arabidopsis thaliana root as a model. Vascular cambium produces xylem (wood) and phloem, and together with the cork cambium, which ...