Arabidopsis halleri
Arabidopsis halleri is a close relative of the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana, differing in at least two important ways. First, unlike A. thaliana, A. haleri is [...]
View ArticleEutrema salsugineum
E. salsugineum (formerly Thellungiella salsuginea) was originally selected as a model organism because of its ability, in the natural world, to function in saline, cold, and freezing conditions, and...
View ArticleSchrenkiella parvula
Schrenkiella parvula - a 7 chromosome member of the Brassicaceae - has an eXtreme ability, in the natural world, to function in the hypersaline conditions surrounding Lake Tuz in central Anatolia,...
View ArticleFlights of whimsy: Isatis tinctoria – no sequences but a great song
And now for something completely different… woad. This is stuff that I learned by accident (sort of) while preparing the real “science” page for Isatis tinctoria. [...]
View ArticleIsatis tinctoria (woad)
Isatis tinctoria, aka Isatis indigotica, has long been used as a source of the blue dye, indigo, and numerous phytopharmacological agents. As such, it has received a different kind of attention at the...
View ArticleArabidopsis arenosa
A. arenosa is a wonderful model for understanding the mechanisms and effects of repeated genome duplication and hybridization events, and for studying ecological adaptation. It is found throughout...
View ArticleOn the propagation of eXtreme nonsense
In the modern time, not quite like when I was a graduate student, the use of any non-model species (and “model” was not a word [...]
View Article
