From the somatic cell to the germ cell
An international scientific consortium including the Freiburg plant biologist Prof. Dr. Thomas Laux has discovered a regulatory pathway that turns plants' ordinary somatic cells...
World’s oldest fossil mushroom found
Roughly 115 million years ago, when the ancient supercontinent Gondwana was breaking apart, a mushroom fell into a river and began an improbable journey....
Reshaping Darwin’s tree of life
In 1859, Charles Darwin included a novel tree of life in his trailblazing book on the theory of evolution, On the Origin of Species....
How can you tell deep-sea octopuses apart? Check their warts
Until now, there'd been no rigorous framework for telling apart two species of deep-sea octopuses -- they're both pink and warty. A new study,...
Hiding in plain sight: New species of flying squirrel discovered
A new study describes a newly discovered third species of flying squirrel in North America -- now known as Humboldt's flying squirrel, or Glaucomys...
Genetic study shakes up the elephant family tree
New research reveals that a species of giant elephant that lived 1.5 million to 100,000 years ago -- ranging across Eurasia before it went...
Newly identified gene helps time spring flowering in vital grass crops
Winter is no time to flower, which is why so many plants have evolved the ability to wait for the snow to melt before...
Small group of cells within a plant embryo operate in similar way to the...
A plant's decision about when to germinate is one of the most important it will make during its life. Too soon, and the plant...
Census shows which mammals survive in forests surrounded by sugarcane plantations
A census of medium and large mammals found in 22 forest remnants surrounded by sugarcane plantations in the state. They found approximately 90% of...
Bacteria used as factories to produce cancer drugs
Researchers at the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability in Denmark have developed a method of producing P450 enzymes -- used by plants to...
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