Rapid evolution of defense genes in plants may produce hybrid incompatibility
... and Weigel observed hybrid necrosis in crosses of thale cress, Arabidopsis thaliana, a member of the musta...t generation hybrid offspring among 293 strains of thale cress, Bomblies and Detlef found that 2% of the offspring were severely defective. They call this p...Thale cress goes on the defensive
...ng the various interactions. Van Oosten exposed thale cress to five different plant pests with various a...en the jasmonic acid dependent immune mechanism of thale cress is attacker-specific....How nature tinkers with the cellular clock
...enes that are conserved between humans, yeasts and thale cress, Peer Bork and colleagues at EMBL and DTU found that while many genes in each organism are expressed only at specific times of the cell cycle, it is not the same genes that are temporally regulated in each species. "Regulating processes by con...UNC plant researchers discover proteins interact to form hair-trigger protection against invaders
...plant. Scientists study Arabidopsis, also known as thale cress or mouse-eared cress, because it is small and can produce five to six generations a year rather than just one or two like most crop plants. That rapid reproduction allows them to study the plant's genetics faster than they could with other spec...UCR researchers identify key plant enzyme that defends against multiple infections
...essing enzyme or VPEg, in Arabidopsis thaliana, or thale cress, that is required for this process. Programmed cell death (PCD), which occurs naturally in all multi-cellular organisms, is the regulated elimination of cells that happens during the course of development, as well as in response to bacterial, f...... used a plant named Arabidopsis, commonly known as thale cress, which is frequently used in studies of plan...nts are believed to have genes similar to those in thale cress, which is related to broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, cabbage and mustard. Scientist...