Floral innovation through modifications in stem cell peptide signaling.
Daniel Stedman Jones, Reid Selby, Pedro Jiménez‐Sandoval, Andrew C. Willoughby, Krishna Reddy Challa, Emily Yaklich, Anna T. DiBattista, Jakub Baczyński, Feng Wang, Teng Zhang, Vandana Gurung, Ashley D. Crook, Andra-Octavia Roman, Erika R. Moore‐Pollard, Riley Schuld, , Zachary L. Nimchuk
The paper investigates how reduced CLAVATA3 peptide signaling contributes to the evolution of capitula in Asteraceae plants and shows its impact on stem cell regulation and flower development.
bioRxiv · Jun 27, 2025 · PreprintPlant Biology