[HTML][HTML] Bio-based and bio-inspired adhesives from animals and plants for biomedical applications

TM Lutz, C Kimna, A Casini, O Lieleg - Materials Today Bio, 2022 - Elsevier
With the “many-headed” slime mold Physarum polycelphalum having been voted the
unicellular organism of the year 2021 by the German Society of Protozoology, we are …

Research advances in and prospects of ornamental plant genomics

T Zheng, P Li, L Li, Q Zhang - Horticulture Research, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The term 'ornamental plant'refers to all plants with ornamental value, which generally have
beautiful flowers or special plant architectures. China is rich in ornamental plant resources …

Genome sequencing reveals the genetic architecture of heterostyly and domestication history of common buckwheat

JA Fawcett, R Takeshima, S Kikuchi, E Yazaki… - Nature Plants, 2023 - nature.com
Common buckwheat, Fagopyrum esculentum, is an orphan crop domesticated in southwest
China that exhibits heterostylous self-incompatibility. Here we present chromosome-scale …

A conserved superlocus regulates above-and belowground root initiation

M Omary, N Gil-Yarom, C Yahav, E Steiner… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Plants continuously form new organs in different developmental contexts in response to
environmental cues. Underground lateral roots initiate from prepatterned cells in the main …

The genome of the recretohalophyte Limonium bicolor provides insights into salt gland development and salinity adaptation during terrestrial evolution

F Yuan, X Wang, B Zhao, X Xu, M Shi, B Leng, X Dong… - Molecular Plant, 2022 - cell.com
Halophytes have evolved specialized strategies to cope with high salinity. The extreme
halophyte sea lavender (Limonium bicolor) lacks trichomes but possesses salt glands on its …

Genomic evidence for rediploidization and adaptive evolution following the whole-genome triplication

X Feng, Q Chen, W Wu, J Wang, G Li, S Xu… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract Whole-genome duplication (WGD), or polyploidy, events are widespread and
significant in the evolutionary history of angiosperms. However, empirical evidence for …

A new carnivorous plant lineage (Triantha) with a unique sticky-inflorescence trap

Q Lin, C Ané, TJ Givnish… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Carnivorous plants consume animals for mineral nutrients that enhance growth and
reproduction in nutrient-poor environments. Here, we report that Triantha occidentalis …

[HTML][HTML] A unique inventory of ion transporters poises the Venus flytrap to fast-propagating action potentials and calcium waves

S Scherzer, J Böhm, S Huang, AL Iosip, I Kreuzer… - Current Biology, 2022 - cell.com
Since the 19 th century, it has been known that the carnivorous Venus flytrap is electrically
excitable. Nevertheless, the mechanism and the molecular entities of the flytrap action …

Stretch-activated ion channels identified in the touch-sensitive structures of carnivorous Droseraceae plants

C Procko, S Murthy, WT Keenan, SAR Mousavi, T Dabi… - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
In response to touch, some carnivorous plants such as the Venus flytrap have evolved
spectacular movements to capture animals for nutrient acquisition. However, the molecules …

A proposed metric set for evaluation of genome assembly quality

P Wang, F Wang - Trends in Genetics, 2023 - cell.com
Quality control is essential for genome assemblies; however, a consensus has yet to be
reached on what metrics should be adopted for the evaluation of assembly quality. N50 is …