Plants don't just grow, they build. From towering trees to delicate flowers, complex plant shapes are sculpted with ...

An organ is made from two or more tissues, which all work together to do a particular job, like the heart in animals or a leaf in a plant. An organ system is made of a group of organs which all ...

By creating genetic differences between cells of the same plant, scientists are able to track how the descendants of a single marked cell make up organs and tissues as the plant grows. This method ...

While medical centers use ultrasound daily, so far this technology has not been capable of observing body tissues at the scale of cells. Physicists have now developed a microscopy technique based on ...

The parasitic vine Cuscuta campestris grows by latching onto the stems and leaves of plants and inserting organs called ...

In addition, its special floral structure makes it an excellent and unique plant model for investigating floral organ morphology. The MADS-box gene family, essential in plant growth and ...

Researchers have discovered the mechanism that drives the parasitic vine Cuscuta campestris to insert organs into plants after making contact with the hosts. The parasitic vine Cuscuta campestris ...

The parasitic vine Cuscuta campestris grows by latching onto the stems and leaves of plants and inserting organs called haustorium into the host plant tissues to draw nutrients. The haustorium is ...