lead author and assistant professor in the department of cell and systems biology in U of T’s Faculty of Arts & Science. In ...

Some chromosomes, such as B chromosomes, can increase their inheritance rate to their own advantage. These extra chromosomes are found in many plants, animals, and fungi and rely upon various ...

Its huge flowering structure (the spadix) can be up to three metres in height ... The wonderfully named stinkhorn fungi genus ...

Scientists are reimagining the food system, turning to fungal fermentation as a sustainable method for transforming food ...

The Earth BioGenome Project seeks to genetically profile over a million plants, animals, and fungi as they build an atlas of ...

In 1980, the eruption of Mount St. Helens devastated local ecosystems, but an experimental introduction of gophers has ...

Is a zombie apocalypse caused by fungi, like the Cordyceps from “The Last of Us,” something that could realistically happen? – Jupiter, age 15, Ithaca, New York Zombies strike fear into our ...

When Mount St. Helens erupted in 1980, lava incinerated anything living for miles around. As an experiment, scientists dropped gophers onto parts of the scorched mountain for only 24 hours. The ...

In the soil, plant roots engage with fungi in a silent molecular "language" to direct their structure ... Molecular Cell (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2024.09.004 ...

Researchers at the University of Toronto have cracked the code of plant-to-fungi communication in a new study published in the journal Molecular Cell. Using baker’s yeast, the researchers ...