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COPB: "How to resist #parasiticplants: pre- and post-attachment strategies" by Fishman and Shirasu, a Share Link – a personalized URL providing 50 days' free access before April 17, 2021 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1369526621000042?dgcid=author
Investigating the nefarious secrets of #parasiticplants. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abc2385 https://www.riken.jp/en/news_pubs/research_news/rr/20210212_1/index.html
@RunoSteven @DayouOliver @susann_wicke @i_amDNA @kibetwilly35 @MutindaSylvia Congrats team💪🏽💪🏽 #ParasiticPlants
aaaaand, it's out! my first solo-author paper. what #ParasiticPlants and #bladderworts have in common? they have are both #MorphologicalMisfits
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40415-021-00704-0
The Plant Hormone Biology group is looking for a 4 months maternity leave replacement technician Crispr plant transformation @MiCRop_research #parasiticplants
#plantscience
https://www.uva.nl/en/content/vacancies/2021/02/21-085-technician-plant-transformation-plant-molecular-biology.html
#ParasiticPlants make the best Valentine's card material!
A botany valentine. P.S. maybe don't tell your Valentine about the rotten meat odor used to entrap flies and beetles
Current HUH Research Fellow Luiza Teixeira-Costa (@l_teixeiracosta) is one of the wonderful collaborators on this #NewPub about #ParasiticPlants. Check it out!
The phenomenon of parasites exploiting another parasite is well understood among bacteria, fungi, and animals, but not plants.
Are hyperparasitic relations more common than previously reported?
Find out in #EarlyView article from #AJB ➡️ http://ow.ly/ZUK250Defmq
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Deeply Altered Genome Architecture in the Endoparasitic Flowering Plant Sapria himalayana Griff. (Rafflesiaceae) demonstrates widespread evidence of horizontal transfer, revealing a dynamic history of former host associations. #parasiticplants https://www.cell.com/current-biology-systems/fulltext/S0960-9822(20)31897-2#.YBJgC7i8EYI.twitter
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