Shade tolerance is an ecological concept used in a wide range of disciplines, from plant
physiology to landsca** or gardening. It refers to the strategy of some plants to persist and …

Glucosinolates are secondary defense metabolites produced by plants of the order
Brassicales, which includes the model species Arabidopsis and many crop species. In the …

Abstract The Brassicaceae Database (BRAD version 3.0, BRAD V3. 0; http://brassicadb. cn)
has evolved from the former Brassica Database (BRAD V2. 0), and represents an important …

The Brassicaceae family comprises c. 4000 species including economically important crops
and the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. Despite their importance, the relationships among …

How do genes modify cellular growth to create morphological diversity? We study this
problem in two related plants with differently shaped leaves: Arabidopsis thaliana (simple …

In the past decade, our understanding of how new genes originate in diverse organisms has
advanced substantially, and more than a dozen molecular mechanisms for generating initial …

Interspecific hybridization is widespread in nature, where it can lead to either the production
of new species or to the introgression of useful adaptive traits between species. In …

Abstract Background Amaranth (Amaranthus hypochondriacus) was a food staple among
the ancient civilizations of Central and South America that has recently received increased …

Highlights•Genome-wide and single gene studies have revealed a variety of mechanisms by
which new expression patterns arise.•Studying newly evolved morphologies at the level of …

Abstract Background Cultivated hexaploid oat (Common oat; Avena sativa) has held a
significant place within the global crop community for centuries; although its cultivation has …