Ecologists whimsically decided to call the parts that make up a flower its whorls. The first whorl of a flower is known as the calyx, which is the plant’s green, leafy outer structure that ...

So why do so many life-forms breathe oxygen? There are probably thousands of kinds of metabolisms, or chemical processes that ...

Their research reveals the specific genes responsible for some of the plant's most useful traits, ... If Native Plants Are Going to Survive Climate Change, They Need Our Help to Move -- Here's How ...

Mar. 26, 2025 — A new species of fossil is 444 million years-old with soft insides perfectly preserved. Research 'ultramarathon' saw palaeontologist puzzled by bizarre fossil for 25 ...

A group of diatom species belonging to the Nitzschia genus gave up on photosynthesis and now get their carbon straight from ...

Plant genetics deals with heredity in plants, specifically mechanisms of hereditary transmission and variation of inherited characteristics. Plant genetics differs from animal genetics in a number ...

New work reveals that MYB74 primarily mediates this transdifferentiation process, which occurs in three stages and balances plant protection and growth in an effective manner. The discovery that ...

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For example, "plants get their carbon from CO2 in the air," said Dan Mills, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Munich. Heterotrophs break down organic matter in food by stripping ...