Jan. 29 (UPI) --Like most lichen, reindeer lichen can reproduce both sexually and asexually, by sending out spores or simply cloning themselves. Previously, researchers assumed reindeer lichen, ...

Unicellular, motile, phototropic green algae were extracted from soil samples taken at metre intervals along a 25-m transect in a wheat field. The vegetative growth of 61 randomly selected isolates ...

Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Biology have discovered a remarkably streamlined strategy for developmental control in brown algae. They have shown that a single ARGONAUTE (AGO) protein ...

Chestnut Hill, Mass. (08/12/2021) -- The world may need to start thinking differently about plants, according to a new report in the journal Science by researchers who took a fresh look at spore-like ...

Researchers discover an unexpectedly simple mechanism that controls life cycle in algae. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Biology have discovered a remarkably streamlined strategy for ...