Plants maintain the ability to form lateral appendages throughout their life cycle and form
leaves as the principal lateral appendages of the stem. Leaves initiate at the peripheral zone …

Key message This review summarizes recent knowledge on functions of WUS and WUS-
related homeobox (WOX) transcription factors in diverse signaling pathways governing …

Divergence of gene function is a hallmark of evolution, but assessing functional divergence
over deep time is not trivial. The few alleles available for cross-species studies often fail to …

Cell pluripotency is fundamental to biology. It has long been known that differentiated
somatic plant cells may reacquire pluripotency, but the underlying mechanism remains …

In the shoot meristem, both WUSCHEL (WUS) and SHOOT MERISTEMLESS (STM), two
transcription factors with overlapping spatiotemporal expression patterns, are essential for …

Auxin contributes to almost every aspect of plant development and metabolism as well as
the transport and signalling of auxin-shaped plant growth and morphogenesis in response …

How genes shape diverse plant and animal body forms is a key question in biology. Unlike
animal cells, plant cells are confined by rigid cell walls, and cell division plane orientation …

Among the trending topics in the life sciences, stem cells have received a fair share of
attention in the public debate—mostly in connection with their potential for biomedical …

The flattening of leaves to form broad blades is an important adaptation that maximizes
photosynthesis. However, the molecular mechanism underlying this process remains …

De novo shoot organogenesis (DNSO) is a procedure commonly used for the in vitro
regeneration of shoots from a variety of plant tissues. Shoot regeneration occurs on nutrient …