Researchers investigating the evolution of leaves discovered a rare insight into leaf arrangement through 3D models of the ...
These findings suggest that plants alive today may have evolved leaves that are arranged in Fibonacci spirals throughout ...
By providing students with time to draw and discuss leaves, teachers can help them learn to observe deeply and connect with ...
Phytochelatin synthases (PCSs) produce phytochelatins—tiny, cysteine-rich peptides that bind and neutralize toxic metal ions ...
C4 photosynthesis represents a striking example of convergent evolution, where multiple plant lineages have independently modified an ancestral C3 pathway to enhance carbon fixation efficiency. This ...
An international team of researchers, including three New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) scientists, used genetic code from more than 9,500 flowering plant species to create the most detailed ...
A new paper in Annals of Botany, published by Oxford University Press, indicates that pollination can have a dramatic effect on how plants grow and change. The study shows that when plants and ...
Scientists from Trinity College Dublin have unearthed a universal thermal performance curve (UTPC) that seemingly applies to ...
The clubmosses and their relatives are the most ancient group of vascular plants — plants with specialized tissue called xylem that transports water and nutrients throughout the plant. The only plant ...
Gymnosperm means “naked seed” and comes from the same Greek root as gymnastics, which means to exercise naked. This group of plants is so named because the seeds are not enclosed inside an ovary, ...
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