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Neolignans: treasure shields in seeds

Keiko Yonekura-Sakakibara, Masaomi Yamamura et al. identify factors that play essential roles in the biosynthesis of seed-coat protective neolignans. Plant Cell. http://bit.ly/3mseqae By Keiko Yonekura-Sakakibara and Kazuki Saito, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science Background: Neolignans…

Gene expression signatures during leaf development

Martinez et al. use laser capture microdissection and transcriptomic sequencing to explore how gene expression patterns regulate early morphogenesis of the compound tomato leaf. http://bit.ly/3nehiZu  By Ciera Martinez, University of California, Berkeley Neelima Sinha, University of California,…

Plant point of view: Cactaceae

Written and Illustrated by Laura Mejia. Click on images to enlarge. Mexico is one of the most important dryland regions of the world. Almost half of the cacti species found there are endemic, found nowhere else. This beautiful review by Ramírez-Rodríguez et al., published in 2020 in Food Chemistry,…