Fantastic discovery while playing the new Zelda game, the model species that I do research on!
#plants #science #liverworts #Marchantia #ZeldaToTK

Study of #bryophytes reveals #evolution of #genetic pathways governing plant #branching.

#regulation #Marchantia #phytochromes #miRNA #MpSPL1 #transcription

https://phys.org/news/2023-01-bryophytes-reveals-evolution-genetic-pathways.html

Quick introduction:

I am #CNRS researcher working at the University of Toulouse in the south west of France.

My lab studies the interactions between plants and microbes. We are trying to understand the molecular mechanisms governing them, and how these mechanisms and the associated interactions evolve(d). We want to create new #symbioses

We use comparative phylogenomics and genetics in multiple plant species, including #Marchantia , combined with biochem.

More here: https://www.evolutionpmi.com/

I had a flower box that I neglected a couple years. It surprised me with a flush of mosses and liverworts. I liked them at least as much as the flowers that previously grew there.

#moss #liverwort #marchantia
#mosstodon