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Application of Biotechnology to Solve Relevant Biological Problems Promotes Understanding of Underlying Concepts [PDF]

, 2001
Although some efforts have been made to modify the curriculum of the Introductory Biology laboratories from a passive to a more experimental form, the use of modern biotechnology had not been implemented at our institution.
Burrowes, P. A., Nazario, G. M.
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The evolutionary adaptation of wood‐decay macrofungi to host gymnosperms differs from that to host angiosperms

Ecology and Evolution
Wood‐decay macrofungi play a vital role in forest ecosystems by promoting nutrient cycling and soil structure, and their evolution is closely related to their host plants.
Xuetong Zhang, Yuran Dong, Yuying Li, Xiuping Wu, Siyu Chen, Mingyuan Wang, Yao Li, Zhiwei Ge, Min Zhang, Lingfeng Mao   +9 more
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A comprehensive checklist of Mediterranean wild edible plants: Diversity, traditional uses, and knowledge gaps

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
The use of wild edible plants and the traditional knowledge associated with them are rapidly disappearing across the Mediterranean, with serious consequences for biodiversity, cultural heritage, and regional food security. This study compiles and organizes fragmented information to create the first comprehensive catalogue of these plants across the ...
Benedetta Gori, Tiziana Cossu, Hicham El Zein, Udayangani Liu, Tiziana Ulian, Gianluigi Bacchetta   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of shade on germination traits of the endangered cycad Dioon edule (Zamiaceae)

Botan‪ical Sciences, 2016
The endangered cycad Dioon edule requires shade provided by filtered sunlight under the canopy of trees or maternal plants during initial growth stages.
Laura Yáñez-Espinosa, Joel Flores
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Dynamics of Pollen Activation and the Role of H⁺-ATPase in Pollen Germination in Blue Spruce (Picea pungens)

Plants, 2020
Pollen is a highly specialized structure for sexual plant reproduction. Early stages of pollen germination require the transition from dormant state to active metabolism.
Maria Breygina, Ekaterina Klimenko, Alexandra Podolyan, Alexander Voronkov   +3 more
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The Evolution of Sexual Fluids in Gymnosperms From Pollination Drops to Nectar

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2018
A current synthesis of data from modern and fossil plants paints a new picture of sexual fluids, including nectar, as a foundational component of gymnosperm reproductive evolution.
P. von Aderkas, N. Prior, S. Little
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Response of Fecal Bacteria and Fungi to Tannin‐Rich Diets in Sika Deer (Cervus nippon): Evidence from Both Feeding Experiments and Field Investigations

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Feeding with tannin‐rich diets altered the fecal microbial composition and increased the relative abundance of tannin‐degrading microbes. We hypothesize that fecal bacteria and fungi may play important roles in helping herbivores adapt to tannin‐rich diets but respond to different tannin concentrations varies.
Di Zhu, Feng Wu, Peiying Wen, Haiyang Gao, Xiaoran Hao, Hongfang Wang   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Phylogeny and evolutionary history of glycogen synthase kinase 3/SHAGGY-like kinase genes in land plants [PDF]

, 2013
Background: GSK3 (glycogen synthase kinase 3) genes encode signal transduction proteins with roles in a variety of biological processes in eukaryotes.
André S Chanderbali, Douglas E Soltis, Gane Ka-Shu Wong, Pamela S Soltis, Xinshuai Qi   +4 more
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Living on the edge – physiological tolerance to frost and drought explains range limits of 35 European tree species

Ecography, EarlyView.
Species distribution models are key to evaluate how climate change threatens European forests and tree species distributions. However, current models struggle to integrate ecophysiological processes. Mechanistic models are complex and have high parameter requirements.
Anne Baranger, Thomas Cordonnier, Guillaume Charrier, Sylvain Delzon, Maximilian Larter, Nicolas K. Martin-StPaul, Georges Kunstler   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The viscoelastic properties of some Guianese woods [PDF]

, 2009
Samples of tension wood and opposite wood were obtained from four species (#Iyranthera sagotiana#, #Ocotea guyanensis#, #Virola micheli#i, #Sextonia rubra#) growing in the tropical rainforest of French Guiana. Dynamic mechanical analysis was performed in
Arnould, Olivier, Beauchêne, Jacques, Clair, Bruno, McLean, Jean Paul   +3 more
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