Bricolage! ✨🤌 That’s the term I lacked when I wrote my 2023 paper on convergent vernalisation in grasses. Cool seeing it highlighted in @currentbiology.bsky.social by Di Stilio & Garcia… and in good company with other tinkerers like pitcher plants and liverworts. 🤓
Gene co-option — repurposing existing genes for new functions — emerges as a central
driver of plant morphological innovation, enabled by expanding genomic resources.
Di Stilio and Garcia discuss evid...