Review: Deep origin and gradual evolution of transporting tissues: Perspectives from across the land plants (Plant Physiol)
Plant Science Research WeeklyThe development of vascular plants (tracheophytes) was a major innovation during the evolution of land plants. The classic view is that the evolution of transporting tissues is distinct to tracheophytes, but Woudenberg and Renema et al. discuss an alternative hypothesis where this was a gradual process…
Robust control of stem cells during vascular development
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellFuruya et al. identify BEH3 as a stabilizer in the cambium in Arabidopsis thaliana
By Tomoyuki Furuyaa,b and Yuki Kondoa,b.
a Graduate School of Science, Kobe University, Japan
b Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Japan.
Background: Just like trees, plants like Arabidopsis…