the use of metal-accumulating plants to clean the contaminated soil with toxic metals is the most rapidly developing component of phytoremediation as an environmentally friendly technology. overcoming harsh soil conditions and accelerating the recovery of degraded soils remain a worldwide restoration challenge. this study evaluated the effect of different concentrations of pb, zn, cu and fe on ...

W hat can go wrong after an egg is fertilized by sperm from a different species? One of the most intriguing outcomes to the chromosome biologist is uniparental genome elimination. In this phenomenon, one of the parental chromosome sets is completely lost during embryonic cell divisions, creating sterile haploid offspring (1). Uniparental genome elimination occurs in diverse taxa, including seve...

Several studies have shown that autopolyploid can tolerate abiotic stresses better than its diploid ancestor. However, the underlying molecular mechanism is poorly known. microRNAs (miRNAs) are small RNAs that regulate the target gene expression post-transcriptionally and play a critical role in the response to abiotic stresses. Duplication of the whole genome can result in the expansion of miR...