Nature Plants, Published online: 11 April 2022; doi:10.1038/s41477-022-01120-2Homogalacturonans are the most abundant pectin subtype in plant cell walls and also function as signalling molecules. Homogalacturonans thus connect the cell…
Nature Plants, Published online: 11 April 2022; doi:10.1038/s41477-022-01148-4Double indemnity
Nature Plants, Published online: 31 March 2022; doi:10.1038/s41477-022-01141-xGenetic convergence under human selection
Nature Plants, Published online: 28 March 2022; doi:10.1038/s41477-022-01118-wGene duplication and subsequent paralogue diversification shape phenotypes. This study shows how paralogues controlling stem cell proliferation evolve over s…
Nature Plants, Published online: 24 March 2022; doi:10.1038/s41477-022-01128-8Theory predicts duplicate genes will evolve new functions or be lost from genomes rather than maintain redundant functions. Kwon et al. show that redundant p…
Nature Plants, Published online: 22 March 2022; doi:10.1038/s41477-022-01111-3The establishment of leaf adaxial–abaxial polarity happens early at the shoot apical meristem. Using quantitative live imaging of auxin and dorsiventral pola…
Nature Plants, Published online: 22 March 2022; doi:10.1038/s41477-022-01113-1A xylan-rich nanodomain at pit boundaries of xylem vessels maintains distinct wall patterns by anchoring cellulosic nanofibrils at the pit borders. These nan…
Nature Plants, Published online: 22 March 2022; doi:10.1038/s41477-022-01109-xAn examination of the potential use of fruit and wood from olive trees on the coast of Morocco approximately 100,000 years ago.
Nature Plants, Published online: 22 March 2022; doi:10.1038/s41477-022-01126-wThe idea of adapting plants to produce vaccines is almost as old as the genetic engineering of plants itself. Recent clinical trials suggest that it is an ap…
Nature Plants, Published online: 21 March 2022; doi:10.1038/s41477-022-01110-4In Arabidopsis, microRNAs control the transition from juvenile to adult states. The study, using genomic, genetic and molecular approaches, investigates how …