Asexual, or vegetative, reproduction in plants is controlled by environmental conditions, but the molecular signaling pathways that control this process are poorly understood. Recent research suggests ...

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The mechanism by which liverwort (Marchantia polymorpha) asexually reproduces via the development of clonal progenies (gemmae) has been revealed by a cross-institutional research group. They ...

Sophie Kneeshaw, Gonzalo Soriano, Isabel Monte, Mats Hamberg, Ángel M. Zamarreño, José M. García-Mina, Jose Manuel Franco-Zorrilla, Nobuki Kato, Minoru Ueda, Ma ...

NUTRITIONALLY deficient mutants of microorganisms have provided valuable tools for investigating biosynthetic pathways. Relatively few examples of such mutants are known in ‘higher’ plants 1,2.