There can be no doubt that early land plant evolution transformed the planet but, until
recently, how and when this was achieved was unclear. Coincidence in the first appearance …

Since the discovery two decades ago that transgenes are efficiently integrated into the
genome of Physcomitrella patens by homologous recombination, this moss has been a …

The draft genome of the moss model, Physcomitrella patens, comprised approximately 2000
unordered scaffolds. In order to enable analyses of genome structure and evolution we …

Abstract Model organisms are widely used in research as accessible and convenient
systems to study a particular area or question in biology. Traditionally only a handful of …

The WOX genes form a plant-specific subclade of the eukaryotic homeobox transcription
factor superfamily, which is characterized by the presence of a conserved DNA-binding …

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 …

The colonization of land by plants shaped the terrestrial biosphere, the geosphere and
global climates. The nature of morphological and molecular innovation driving land plant …

Stem cell homeostasis in plant shoot meristems requires tight coordination between stem
cell proliferation and cell differentiation. In Arabidopsis, stem cells express the secreted …

How growth and proliferation are precisely controlled in organs during development and
how the regulation of cell division contributes to the formation of complex cell type patterns …

Bryophytes are nonvascular spore-forming plants. Unlike in flowering plants, the
gametophyte (haploid) generation of bryophytes dominates the sporophyte (diploid) …