Liverworts are simply tiny plants. Yet, they can unlock stories of the past in deep evolutionary time and give us insight into early land plant evolution.” But, as Strauss pointed out, they are ...

Liverwort genes and land plant evolution Genome analysis of early plant lineage sheds light on how plants learned to thrive on land Date: October 5, 2017 Source: DOE/Joint Genome Institute ...

Liverwort plants contain a painkiller similar to the one in marijuana. The THC-like substance may have medical benefits minus the same kind of high. NOVEL WEED Some species of liverwort, ...

A collaborative research group has succeeded in identifying an important transcription factor, GCAM1, which allows liverwort plants to asexually reproduce through creating clonal progenies ...

The molecule is called perrotetinene and it was discovered in liverworts by Japanese scientists in 1994. The new study provides strong evidence that perrotetinene is a cannabinoid similar to THC.

Previously, evidence suggested cannabis was the only plant which contained THC. But in 1994, Japanese chemist Yoshinori Asakawa found atoms in the liverwort plant were tied together similarly to ...

Asexual, or vegetative, reproduction in plants is controlled by environmental conditions, but the molecular signaling pathways that control this process are poorly understood. Recent research ...

Thirty years later, in 1994, the Japanese phytochemist Yoshinori Asakawa identified a related substance in the liverwort plant Radula perrottetii.He called it perrottetinene, or PET, and it was ...

In the Garden Q: My yellow flowering clivia was in full bloom when I brought it home from the nursery four years ago. It’s never bloomed since. How do I make it bloom again? A: Clivia are ...

The common liverwort is a living link to the transition from marine algae to land plants. In the Oct. 5, 2017 issue of Cell, an international team including researchers at the DOE Joint Genome ...

If you're having problems with pesky liverwort spreading across your lawn, then one simple kitchen ingredient may be your gardening savior.