"Our work not only advances plant science but also opens the door to creating more robust crops." Scientists uncover a hidden ...

Recent breakthroughs in single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA), such as the recently developed “RevGel-seq” method, has revolutionized plant cell analysis. This technique, independent of special ...

But how then does a single-celled plant like Caulerpa grow without specialized cells communicating to guide the breaking of symmetry? "A main paradigm in cellular biology is that the internal ...

Researchers at Colorado State University have developed a tool that can be used to switch a plant's key genetic traits on or ...

Colorado State University scientists have developed the first genetic toggle switch that can turn specific genes on or off in ...

Almost all eukaryotic organisms, from plants and animals to fungi ... finds that multiple members of the oxymonads, a group of single-celled protists that live inside the guts of termites and ...

Researchers found 230 new giant viruses in ocean samples. Some carry genes that hijack photosynthesis and metabolism.

Plants are not the only organisms that can ... across evolution in the past by transferring it into regular, single-celled yeast where it has never been before.” To see if they could give ...

(Green algae comes in many forms, from single-celled plants to complex multicellular seaweed.) Other than the fact that the ancient algae were about half the size of a modern unicellular Codium ...