Flowering plants naturally know when they need to spare or perish their cells. Scientists have now examined the ovules of plant cells to reveal a novel cell-elimination system based on an unusual cell ...

Researchers led by Dr. LI Hongju from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology (IGDB) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have revealed that the female gamete in flowering plants controls ...

Phenotypic models of selection are used to predict the ESS (evolutionarily stable strategy) allocation to pollen, seeds and pollination mechanisms (corolla, etc.) as a function of the frequency of ...

Researchers have uncovered how successful chromosome segregation during sexual reproduction is achieved in plants. The ...

For the first time in an arctic long-term warming and fertilization experiment, the short-term (days) and longer-term (month and year) nitrogen (N) uptake and allocation in plants, microbes, and soil ...