Most mammals and humans have a double set of chromosomes—and as a rule, plants do, too: One set comes from the father, the other from the mother. Such organisms are called diploids. However, sometimes ...

Welcome to the secret sex life of plants captured in images by botanists from around Australia. There are some key differences between plants and animals in the quest to reproduce. But plants are also ...

ANY biologically aware parent who has started talking about the birds and the bees will have realised halfway through that what they are really discussing is flowers. Bees carry pollen grains from one ...

Plants with multiple sets of chromosomes, known as polyploids, are salt-tolerant or drought-resistant and often achieve higher yields. However, newly formed polyploid plants are often sterile or have ...

Fertilization in flowering plants relies on the fast-growing pollen tube, a cellular conduit that delivers sperm cells to the ovule. This study sheds light on the vesicle trafficking mechanisms that ...

Sand rock- cress (Arabidopsis arenosa) serves as a model for unravelling the mystery surrounding the sterility of newly formed polyploids. Most mammals and humans have a double set of chromosomes – ...