🏔️The Qinling-Daba Mountains represent a critical #ecological transition zone.
🔎Comparative #phylogeography reveals it was a key dispersal corridor for three Oriental Palaeartic megalopteran species.
🔓 https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.70056
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🍄There's a #fungus amungus!
⚖️New work by Ren et al. reveals a dual regulatory role for mycorrhiza-responsive MADS transcription factors OsMADS61 and OsMADS26, governing both direct and #symbiotic #nitrate uptake pathways.
🔗https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.70224
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🍅Can we also blame #GA for us missing #TomatoTuesday?
🍅Xu et al. investigate the #molecular basis of cut-budding in #tomato, specifically, the role of GROWTH-REGULATING FACTOR1 & its association with gibberellin signaling.
🍅 https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.70219
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🌈Leaf color is an important turfgrass trait, and nitrogen is pivotal for leaf coloration.
⛳️Here, Ye et al. report that #nitrogen-mediated LpMPK6 regulates leaf color in perennial ryegrass.
🔗https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.70226
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Atolwa et al. reveal insights into tribe Euphorbieae's global “out of Africa” distribution pattern and help us understand the role of key innovations and climatic shifts in #plant diversification.
🔗https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.70064
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🍞Pre-harvest sprouting in #wheat leads to premature seed germination and reduces both yield and flour quality.
🫓A new #FreeAccess study in #JIPB reports that GSK3 regulates DOG1L4 to enhance PHS resistance.
🥖https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.70234
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Meet a hierarchical engineering strategy that improves Casδ-1 #genome editing activity by enhancing its interactions with crRNA, PAM duplex, single-stranded #DNA substrate, and #RNA–DNA heteroduplex.
Read it for free!
https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.70222
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🧪Phillyrin is a unique #antiviral lignan with potent anti-#flu activity only found in Forsythia suspensa.
Wang et al. reveal key steps in its #biosynthesis, bringing us one step closer to a valuable #drug.
🔗https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.70216
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🐝A honey of a paper!
💐Liu et al. share insights into the #phylogeny and biogeographic #evolution of #honeysuckles, plus a reference for future studies on the evolutionary history of both #plant and #animal lineages.
🔗https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.70061
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🐾We *promise* this🐾post wasn't written🐾by a cat...🤞
🐾Banjanac et al. report🐾that iridoid diversity in🐾catmints is at least partially attributed🐾to #evolutionary gains🐾and losses of key🐾#biosynthetic #genes.
🔗https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.70125🐾
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