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Current Biology : CB Jun 2021Interview with Jennifer McElwain, who performs plant experiments in controlled atmospheric, light and climatic conditions at Trinity College Dublin to assess how these...
Interview with Jennifer McElwain, who performs plant experiments in controlled atmospheric, light and climatic conditions at Trinity College Dublin to assess how these factors have influenced plant evolution and ecology throughout Earth's history.
Topics: Big Data; Botany; Earth Sciences; Fossils; Greenland; History, 20th Century; History, 21st Century; Ireland; Literature, Modern; Paleontology
PubMed: 34157255
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.05.028 -
The New Phytologist Oct 2015
Topics: Botany; Plants; Research; Science
PubMed: 26311283
DOI: 10.1111/nph.13616 -
Fa Yi Xue Za Zhi Feb 2021With the increasingly obvious role of plant evidence in case detection, forensic botany, which provides clues and evidence in crime scene investigation by using...
With the increasingly obvious role of plant evidence in case detection, forensic botany, which provides clues and evidence in crime scene investigation by using botanical research method has attracted growing attention. The common experimental techniques used in forensic botany are morphological examination, physical and chemical examination, molecular genetic examination, and so on. This paper briefly expounds the advantages and disadvantages of different test methods, summarizes the problems that need to be paid attention to in the application of forensic botany by arranging the related literatures and cases of forensic botanical research, in order to provide reference for scene investigation of cases.
Topics: Botany; Crime; Forensic Medicine; Forensic Sciences; Plants
PubMed: 33780191
DOI: 10.12116/j.issn.1004-5619.2019.490708 -
Journal of Experimental Botany Jan 2017It is now over half a century since the biochemical characterization of the C photosynthetic pathway, and this special issue highlights the sheer breadth of current...
It is now over half a century since the biochemical characterization of the C photosynthetic pathway, and this special issue highlights the sheer breadth of current knowledge. New genomic and transcriptomic information shows that multi-level regulation of gene expression is required for the pathway to function, yet we know it to be one of the most dynamic examples of convergent evolution. Now, a focus on the molecular transition from C-C intermediates, together with improved mathematical models, experimental tools and transformation systems, holds great promise for improving C photosynthesis in crops.
Topics: Botany; Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; Genome, Plant; Models, Theoretical; Photosynthesis; Phylogeny
PubMed: 28110274
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erw491 -
Current Biology : CB Sep 2017On January 12 1877, the Grim Reaper visited Wilhelm Hofmeister (Figure 1) for the last time. Having recently witnessed the death of a wife, two daughters, and two sons...
On January 12 1877, the Grim Reaper visited Wilhelm Hofmeister (Figure 1) for the last time. Having recently witnessed the death of a wife, two daughters, and two sons (only two of his nine children survived him), the German botanist, perhaps succumbing to the weight of his own grief, suffered a series of strokes and then promptly died at the age of 52 in Lindenau, Germany. He has since faded into the dusty annals of 19 century botany, his contributions to our knowledge about plants, how they come into being, develop and interact with their environment, mostly forgotten. In an ode to Hofmeister marking 100 years since his birth, Douglas Haughton Campbell of Stanford University, referring to Hofmeister's studies in comparative morphology, wrote, "…there is no question that Hofmeister's work will remain as probably the most brilliant contribution ever made to this fundamental department of botany" [1]. And in an essay published in Plant Physiology, Donald Kaplan and Todd Cooke went further still, writing, "Frederich Wilhelm Benedikt Hofmeister stands as one of the most remarkable figures in the history of botany and one who made fundamental contributions to all areas of plant biology" [2]. If that wasn't enough, Kaplan and Cooke added "In terms of native genius, he is certainly the peer of both Darwin and Mendel and may have even exceeded them in the breadth and depth of his talents."
Topics: Botany; Germany; History, 19th Century; History, 20th Century; Humans; Plant Physiological Phenomena
PubMed: 28898650
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.08.039 -
The New Phytologist Mar 2020
Topics: Botany; Plants; Research
PubMed: 32064630
DOI: 10.1111/nph.16421 -
The New Phytologist Oct 2019
Topics: Botany; History, 20th Century; History, 21st Century
PubMed: 31452224
DOI: 10.1111/nph.16073 -
The New Phytologist Dec 2020
Topics: Awards and Prizes; Botany
PubMed: 33459376
DOI: 10.1111/nph.17027 -
The New Phytologist Aug 2019
Topics: Botany; History, 20th Century; History, 21st Century
PubMed: 31304605
DOI: 10.1111/nph.15837 -
The New Phytologist Apr 2019
Topics: Botany; History, 20th Century; History, 21st Century
PubMed: 30815946
DOI: 10.1111/nph.15677