Almost two billion years of evolution have generated a vast and amazing variety of
eukaryotic life with approximately 8.7 million extant species. Growth and reproduction of all …

The challenge to produce more food for a rising global population on diminishing
agricultural land is complicated by the effects of climate change on agricultural productivity …

The reliable and efficient production of microalgae in large-scale commercial culture,
whether in open ponds or in closed photobioreactors, requires a good understanding of the …

A great many cell types are necessary for the myriad capabilities of complex, multicellular
organisms. One interesting aspect of this diversity of cell type is that many cells in diploid …

In endoreplication cell cycles, known as endocycles, cells successively replicate their
genomes without segregating chromosomes during mitosis and thereby become polyploid …

Cell cycle regulation is of pivotal importance for plant growth and development. Although
plant cell division shares basic mechanisms with all eukaryotes, plants have evolved novel …

Geminiviruses are small DNA viruses that use plant replication machinery to amplify their
genomes. Microarray analysis of the Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) transcriptome in …

Through its photosynthetic capacity the leaf provides the basis for growth of the whole plant.
In order to improve crops for higher productivity and resistance for future climate scenarios, it …

The leaf epidermis represents a multifunctional tissue consisting of trichomes, pavement
cells and stomata, the specialized cellular pores of the leaf. Pavement cells and stomata …

Because the genome stores all genetic information required for growth and development, it
is of pivotal importance to maintain DNA integrity, especially during cell division, when the …