Flowers are fascinating part of plants. Where the rest of the plant is dressed stylish green, flowers are more abundant in their style choice. With lots of colours and guises. Raising the question: how do they manage this?
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Protection against damage
DNA-damages occur on a regular basis. Now a new study from Chinese researchers in Science Advances shows that the stress hormone ABA stimulates plants to find DNA breaks.
Fluctuating genes
There is a lot more noise than assumed in gene expression. Nevertheless, organisms still manage to develop complex organs. As American researchers show in Nature Communications.
Slow integration
Thousands of genes of mitochondria and chloroplasts have found their way into the genome of the plant. But it is a process that is purposely slow German researchers show in Nature Plants.