Like all organisms, plants require energy for growth. They achieve this by absorbing light
and fixing it into a usable, chemical form via photosynthesis. The resulting carbohydrate …

Evo-devo is often thought of as being the study of which genes underlie which phenotypes.
However, evo-devo is much more than this, especially in plant science. In leaf scars along …

Engineers routinely design systems to be modular and symmetric in order to increase
robustness to perturbations and to facilitate alterations at a later date. Biological structures …

Shoot meristems of plants are composed of stem cells that are continuously replenished
through a classical feedback circuit involving the homeobox WUSCHEL (WUS) gene and …

Crop yield potential is constrained by the inherent trade-offs among traits such as between
grain size and number. Brassinosteroids (BRs) promote grain size, yet their role in …

When to form flowers is a developmental decision that profoundly impacts the fitness of
flowering plants. In Arabidopsis this decision is ultimately controlled by the induction and …

Mammalian lungs are branched networks containing thousands to millions of airways
arrayed in intricate patterns that are crucial for respiration. How such trees are generated …

The switch to reproductive development is biphasic in many plants, a feature important for
optimal pollination and yield. We show that dual opposite roles of the phytohormone …

Recent technological breakthroughs in our ability to derive and differentiate induced
pluripotent stem cells, organoid biology, organ-on-chip assays, and 3-D bioprinting have all …

Plants monitor seasonal cues to optimize reproductive success by tuning onset of
reproduction and inflorescence architecture. TERMINAL FLOWER 1 (TFL1) and …