Plant species have evolved different requirements for environmental/endogenous cues to
induce flowering. Originally, these varying requirements were thought to reflect the action of …

Our understanding of the detailed molecular mechanisms underpinning adaptation is still
poor. One example for which mechanistic understanding of regulation has converged with …

Arabidopsis thaliana serves as a model organism for the study of fundamental physiological,
cellular, and molecular processes. It has also greatly advanced our understanding of …

Transposable elements (TEs) are powerful motors of genome evolution yet a
comprehensive assessment of recent transposition activity at the species level is lacking for …

The role of natural selection in the evolution of adaptive phenotypes has undergone
constant probing by evolutionary biologists, employing both theoretical and empirical …

Transposable elements (TEs) are mobile parasitic sequences that have been repeatedly
coopted during evolution to generate new functions and rewire gene regulatory networks …

Chromatin plays a central role in orchestrating gene regulation at the transcriptional level.
However, our understanding of how chromatin states are altered in response to …

Flowering is one of the most critical developmental transitions in plants' life. The irreversible
change from the vegetative to the reproductive stage is strictly controlled to ensure the …

The development of perennial crops holds great promise for sustainable agriculture and
food security. However, the evolution of the transition between perenniality and annuality is …

Climate change is causing alterations in annual temperature regimes worldwide. Important
aspects of this include the reduction of winter chilling temperatures as well as the …