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

New data on the evolution of plants and origin of species Date: October 23, 2019 Source: Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg Summary: There are over 500,000 plant species in the world today.

New research claims that tomato plants in the Galápagos might actually be de-evolving and picking up ancient traits.

Amborella, a record of the evolution of flowering plants Date: April 4, 2014 Source: Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) Summary: The sole survivor of the oldest line of flowering ...

Research conducted by Filip Kolář of the Faculty of Science, Charles University, and Patrick Meirmans of the University of Amsterdam has revealed that genome duplication (polyploidization)—a process ...

A new theory of plant evolution suggests that the 400 million-year drive of flora across the globe may not have been propelled by the above-ground traits we can see easily, but by underground ...

Charles Darwin recognized that flowering plants have an unrivalled diversity of sexual systems. Determining the ecological and genetic factors that govern sexual diversification in plants is today ...

Carnivorous plants are a wonder of evolution. They have developed astounding capabilities to attract, catch and digest insects and other living prey. For example, they have specially formed leaves.

The evolution of plants dramatically reshaped the face of the Earth, from the flow of its rivers to the depths of its glacier-carved valleys, new research suggests. IE 11 is not supported.

Club mosses and the evolution of land plants. The roots go back a while. By Mary F. Willson For the Juneau Empire; Tuesday, September 29, 2020 11:10am ...