Crucial clue to manipulating reproduction in plants discovered
Sunday, May 28, 2017 - 20:11
in Biology & Nature
For the first time, a team of researchers has identified a small RNA species and its target gene that together regulate female germline formation in plants -- crucial knowledge for manipulating plant reproduction in order to improve agriculture. The new work not only identifies a regulatory module for an important developmental process, it also implies that there is likely cell-to-cell communications via RNA or protein in this process.