Tag: Arabidopsis
How Roots Become Jackhammers
How do flimsy, tiny roots get through hard soil? A root tip hitting hardpan switches on a flurry of signals that get to work on anchorage and penetration.
Paper Provides More Evidence that Mutations Aren’t Random
A news release from the University of Haifa pulls no punches about the implications.
As Research Advances, Debunking “Junk DNA” Is Almost Trendy
Why not treat the whole genome as functional? This is a radical concept, but perhaps the focus on genes distorts our understanding.
Prairie Dogs “Talk”…and Plants “Hear” – More Reasons for Dumping Humankind’s Unique Place in Nature?
Plants respond to light, but they do not “see.”
No Mere Bike Messenger, RNA Code Surpassing DNA in Complexity
The concept of a “DNA Code” has a long pedigree in genetics. But what about the other nucleic acids?