WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University plant scientists have identified a protein that plays a previously unknown role in controlling cell differentiation and determining gender in vascular plants, ...

Cellular differentiation of stem cells into specialized cells requires many steps, including division, to create more cells; ...

Epigenetic silencing governs key biological processes, from flowering time in plants to preventing uncontrolled cell growth ...

A professor of plant molecular biology wants people to know that plants have stem cells too. Just like in the medical world, plant stem cells could support human growth and development when used to ...