New research from an international team of plant biologists, led by researchers at the VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems ...

In animals, the signaling molecules used within stem cell niches are often the same used to organize growth ... players in the development of complex organisms ranging from plants to humans.

The production of transgenic livestock has the opportunity to significantly improve human health, enhance nutrition, protect the environment, increase animal welfare, and decrease livestock disease.

The rate of development of poikilothermic animals, such as insects, fish, and reptiles, is determined by environmental temperature. A research team has recently demonstrated how temperature can affect ...

Mar. 5, 2025 — Researchers used terahertz spectroscopy and imaging to gain new insights into how agave plants are so remarkably adept at retaining water in extremely dry ... The Yucca and the ...

An individual’s growth and development is affected by the genes ... Chromosome mutations can also occur in plants. In many crop plants, for example in wheat and barley, the cells have complete ...

TUCSON, Ariz.— The world population hit 8 billion people today, accelerating the global extinction crisis for animals and plants imperiled by population growth’s effects on habitat, water, air, and ...

But even small changes in temperature or precipitation could drastically impact plants ... animals are also converting semiarid regions into deserts, a process known as desertification. Population ...

Wetlands are ecosystems, in which water is the primary factor controlling the environment and the associated plant and animal life ... to sustainable development and human wellbeing.

Plants need water, oxygen and warmth to grow and develop properly. If the temperature of the environment is too hot or too cold, few seeds will germinate. The temperature at which the greatest ...