There are plants that are neither green nor sexually reproductive, but precisely because of that they teach us a lot about what it means to be a ...

Propagating fruit trees lets you grow more delicious fruit at home, but each method needs the right timing and care. Different trees and techniques—like cuttings, grafting, budding, and air ...

At the base of mossy trees, deep in the mountains of Taiwan and mainland Japan or nestled in the subtropical forests of ...

In plants, de novo synthesis of all three basic amino acids (Arg, His and Lys) occurs entirely in the plastid stroma. Therefore, export of these essential primary metabolites via membrane-intrinsic ...

How is the same process responsible for genetic recombination and diversity also the cause of aneuploidy? Understanding the steps of meiosis is essential to learning how errors occur. Researchers' ...