Aquatic plants are specialized evolutionary groups adapted to life in water. They play critical roles as food and medicinal supplies (e.g., lotus root and foxnut) and industrial raw materials (e.g., ...

Today (May 22) is United Nations International Day for Biological Diversity, drawing attention to a critical resource for ...

University of Calgary researcher Sam Yeaman and his team have determined in a recent study that there are some key genes that are particularly important for how plants respond adaptively to ...

Genome size exhibits extensive variation across the life of a tree. Previous studies have predominantly focused on interspecific comparisons. However, the ecological drivers and adaptive implications ...