Background Model organisms are at the core of life science research. Notable examples
include the mouse as a model for humans, baker's yeast for eukaryotic unicellular life and …

The adoption of Arabidopsis thaliana in the 1980s as a universal plant model finally enabled
researchers to adopt and take full advantage of the molecular biology tools and methods …

The molecular mechanisms by which plants modulate their root growth rate (RGR) in
response to nutrient deficiency are largely unknown. Using Arabidopsis thaliana accessions …

Abstract Background and Aims The ability to avoid drought-induced embolisms in the xylem
is one of the essential traits for plants to survive periods of water shortage. Over the past …

Little is empirically known about the contribution of mutations to fitness in natural
environments. However, Fisher's Geometric Model (FGM) provides a conceptual foundation …

In an organism, be it plant, animal or human, almost every gene has its own promoter
sequence, which is typified as a DNA stretch that controls how a gene is expressed in a cell …

Abstract Background and Aims Plants respond in a plastic manner to seasonal changes,
often resulting in adaptation to environmental variation. Although much is known about how …

The 1977 discovery that Agrobacterium tumefaciens inserts a specific piece of DNA into the
plant cell genome triggered a race towards the first transgenic plant. Three groups were …

Mitochondria play a central role in the energy metabolism of plants. At the same time, they
provide energy for plant stress responses. We here report a first view on the mitochondrial …

Main conclusion In this review, we give an overview of plant sequencing efforts and how this
impacts plant functional genomics research. Abstract Plant genome sequence information …