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Helping out a neighbor: What FAMA tells us about specialization among stomatal genes across different species

Author et al. explore the genes involved in making stomata in a temperate grass. Katelyn Hansen-McKown and Dominique Bergmann, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford University and Howard Hughes Medical Institution. Background: Plants are essential players in global carbon and water…

Ruiyang Wang: Plant Physiology First Author

Ruiyang Wang, first author of "Transcription factors GmERF1 and GmWRKY6 synergistically regulate low phosphorus tolerance in soybean" Current Position: Master candidate in Henan Agricultural University Education: Henan Agricultural University (Bachelor’s degree) Henan Agricultural University…

Feng Tao: Plant Physiology First Author

Feng Tao, first author of "Neofunctionalization of tandem duplicate genes encoding putative β-L-arabinofuranosidases in Arabidopsis" Current Position: Beijing Do.Care Pharmaceutical Technology Co., Ltd, Product Manager Education: B.S. Lanzhou University M.S. University of Glasgow Ph.D.…

Shuyan Song: The Plant Cell First Author

Shuyan Song, first author of "The functional evolution of architecturally different plant geranyl diphosphate synthases from geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthase"  Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow in State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology & ZJU‐Hangzhou…

Xin-Meng Zhu: Plant Physiology First Author

Xin-Meng, co-first author of "Symbiosis between Dendrobium catenatum protocorms and Serendipita indica involves the plant hypoxia response pathway" Current Position: Master at Yunnan University Education: Bachelor, Linyi University；Master, Yunnan University Non-scientific Interests: volleyball,…

Zhi-Xiong Xu: Plant Physiology First Author

Zhi-Xiong Xu, co-first author of "Symbiosis between Dendrobium catenatum protocorms and Serendipita indica involves the plant hypoxia response pathway" Current position: Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Assistant engineer. Educational experience: 2018/9-2021/6,…

Endosperm cellularization and dehydration tolerance in the embryo

Xu, Sato, et al. explore the longstanding mystery of why endosperm cellularization is essential for embryo survival and reveal a connection to dehydration responses. Background: In most angiosperms, the endosperm initiates as a coenocyte and starts to cellularize after a defined number of nuclear…

Tingting Bao: Plant Physiology First Author

Tingting Bao, first author of "Allelic Variation of Terpene Synthases Drives Terpene Diversity in the Wild Species of Freesia Genus" Current Position: Ph.D candidate from Key Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics of MOE, Northeast Normal University, China Education: 2019-Now: Ph.D student,…

Yueying Liu: Plant Physiology First Author

Yueying Liu, first author of "Regulation of capsule spine formation in castor"  Current Position： Prof. Zhimin Zheng laboratory in State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Northeast Forestry University, a PhD student (Will graduate in June 2023) Education： Sep. 2017-June 2023：College…