Our understanding of the detailed molecular mechanisms underpinning adaptation is still
poor. One example for which mechanistic understanding of regulation has converged with …

Plants undergo a major physiological change as they transition from vegetative growth to
reproductive development. This transition is a result of responses to various endogenous …

Plants are highly sensitive to temperature and can perceive a difference of as little as 1° C.
How temperature is sensed and integrated in development is unknown. In a forward genetic …

The coordination of the timing of flowering with seasonal and development cues is a critical
life‐history trait that has been shaped by evolution to maximize reproductive success …

Changes in ambient temperature affect flowering time in plants; understanding this
phenomenon will be crucial for buffering agricultural systems from the effects of climate …

Plants have evolved many systems to sense their environment and to modify their growth
and development accordingly. One example is vernalization, the process by which flowering …

RICE FLOWERING LOCUS T 1 (RFT1/FT-L3) is the closest homologue of Heading date 3a
(Hd3a), which is thought to encode a mobile flowering signal and promote floral transition …

Certain plants increase their freezing tolerance in response to low nonfreezing
temperatures, an adaptive process named cold acclimation. Light has been shown to be …

A potentially serious disadvantage of association mapping is the fact that marker-trait
associations may arise from confounding population structure as well as from linkage to …

Noncoding RNA is emerging as an important regulator of gene expression in many
organisms. We are characterizing RNA-mediated chromatin silencing of the Arabidopsis …