Polyploidy, or whole-genome duplication (WGD), is a major mechanism of genome evolution across the tree of life and is ...

Gametophytes produce gametes—eggs and sperm—which unite to form a fertilized egg capable of becoming a new sporophyte, thus completing a life cycle. While all plants exhibit alternation of ...

Plants appeared on Earth 100 million years earlier than scientists previously thought. The evolution of plant life on Earth is fundamental to the history of our planet. It has provided resources and ...

Scientists have revealed important details about key transitions in the evolution of plant life on our planet. From strange and exotic algae, mosses, ferns, trees and flowers growing deep in ...

How evolution shapes the geometries of life Date: February 17, 2014 Source: University of Maryland Summary: An interdisciplinary team re-examined Kleiber's Law, a famous 80-year-old equation that ...

World's oldest plant fossil discovered by student pushes evolution of complex life back 400 million years 'I got so excited I had to walk three times around the building before I went to my ...

In 40 species of plants, the island versions of seeds were larger than mainland counterparts, perhaps to keep the seeds from being lost at sea.

The evolution of gardening and the gardener. Maturity creeps up on you – in trees, in the garden, in life. Year to year, the changes seem slight.