Contents Summary 1170 I. Introduction 1170 II. Six key questions 1172 III. Three key
challenges 1177 IV. Conclusions 1181 Acknowledgements 1182 References 1183 …

Across the globe, an expanding circle of care is encompassing a growing number of species
through efforts targeting biodiversity, profoundly revising the line between humans and …

Ecological interaction and adaptation both depend on phenotypic characteristics. In contrast
with the common conception of the 'adult'phenotype, plant bodies develop continuously …

Evolutionary radiations on oceanic islands have fascinated biologists since Darwin's
exploration of the Galápagos archipelago [1, 2]. Island radiations can provide key insights …

Evolutionary shifts among radiate, disciform and discoid flowerheads have occurred
repeatedly in a number of major lineages across the Asteraceae phylogeny; such transitions …

TCP proteins, part of the transcription factors specific to plants, are recognized for their
involvement in various aspects of plant growth and development. Nevertheless, a thorough …

Compared to animals, plants have been largely neglected in evolutionary developmental
biology. Mainstream research has focused on developmental genetics, while a rich body of …

Background The ray floret shapes referred to as petal types on the chrysanthemum
(Chrysanthemum× morifolium Ramat.) capitulum is extremely abundant, which is one of the …

Fifteen new piperidine derivatives, pyracyclumines A–J (1–10), including five pairs of
enantiomers,(+)-1/(−)-1 to (+)-5/(−)-5, together with three known compounds, agrocybenine …

Homologs of the CYC/TB1 gene family have been independently recruited many times
across the eudicots to control aspects of floral symmetry The family Asteraceae exhibits the …