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Natural variation for an adaptively important life history trait is largely due to variation at a single, major-effect locus with multiple alleles, demonstrating that not all complex traits are massively polygenic.

Arabidopsis microRNAs and their effector protein ARGONAUTE1 associate with and act on polysomes on the rough endoplasmic reticulum.

Specialized fungal pathogen populations infect rice varieties with contrasting immune systems co-cultivated in a traditional agro-system, indicating the relevance of crop diversity to restricting epidemics in the landscape.

Auxin is produced in the endosperm after fertilization and drives the development of the seed coat in Arabidopsis.

Yeast cells can be engineered to study starch, the semi-crystalline storage carbohydrate from plants that is central to human nutrition.

Genetic and biochemical studies reveal how a histone deacetylase acts together with other chromatin regulators to promote the onset of plant aging.

Comparative transcriptomic analysis reveals the molecular basis and evolution of herbivore-associated early defense signaling in Nicotiana.

The first de novo synthesis of polyisoprenoids correspond to natural rubber in vitro with the recombinant proteins is achieved by identification and cell-free translation-coupled reconstitution of the rubber biosynthetic machinery on rubber particles.

The establishment of Ustilago bromivora and Brachypodium as a biotrophic model system provides the foundation for studying new aspects of plant-pathogen interactions and for answering questions about fungal sex and speciation.

A meristem acting at the margins of Arabidopsis leaves is suppressed by factors acting primarily in leaves and other determinate organs.