Plants respond to the changing seasons to initiate developmental programmes precisely at
particular times of year. Flowering is the best characterized of these seasonal responses …

The evolution of phenotypic similarities between species, known as convergence, illustrates
that populations can respond predictably to ecological challenges. Convergence often …

Plants use seasonal temperature cues to time the transition to reproduction. In Arabidopsis
thaliana, winter cold epigenetically silences the floral repressor locus FLOWERING LOCUS …

Correct developmental timing is essential for plant fitness and reproductive success. Two
important transitions in shoot development—the juvenile-to-adult vegetative transition and …

Our understanding of the detailed molecular mechanisms underpinning adaptation is still
poor. One example for which mechanistic understanding of regulation has converged with …

Background Genotyping by sequencing, a new low-cost, high-throughput sequencing
technology was used to genotype 2,815 maize inbred accessions, preserved mostly at the …

Plants undergo a major physiological change as they transition from vegetative growth to
reproductive development. This transition is a result of responses to various endogenous …

Although pioneered by human geneticists as a potential solution to the challenging problem
of finding the genetic basis of common human diseases,, genome-wide association (GWA) …

Flowering plants exhibit two principal life-history strategies: annuality (living and
reproducing in one year) and perenniality (living more than one year). The advantages of …

Members of the MADS-box transcription factor family play essential roles in almost every
developmental process in plants. Many MADS-box genes have conserved functions across …