Spanning from the heart-stage embryo to seed germination, the study charts dynamic gene expression patterns in the embryo axis and cotyledon, revealing key regulatory networks. This work uncovers how ...

Exposure of dehulled, dormant red rice (Oryza sativa) seeds to dormancy-breaking treatments (10 mM sodium nitrite, 20 mM propionic acid, 30 mM methyl propionate, 40 mM propionaldehyde, or 70 mM ...

The easiest way is a cut test. Take random samples of ~10 fruits/seeds and cut them in half to see if solid. Many maples, ...

A research team led by Associate Professor Hirofumi Nishizono and graduate student Masaki Kato from the Research Support ...

What do the earliest stages of a pregnancy look like? Embryonic development has been extensively studied, but most of our knowledge of the earliest stages of a growing baby come from stationary ...

Researchers at the Babraham Institute have ‘listened in’ to the communication between the embryo and the womb lining at the ...

Life begins with a single fertilized cell that gradually transforms into a multicellular organism. This process requires ...