I'm very pleased to have been a part of this great study, which is now out in Current Biology!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
And this albino shoot would be the result of a quirk of cell division where an axillary meristem formed from just one layer.
New review out in Current Biology with colleagues in the Plant Cell Atlas (@plantcellatlas.bsky.social)! We discuss how single-cell genomics is reshaping our understanding of plant cell-type identity and evolution across the Green Lineage.
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Actually I read up on this a little and it's even cooler. The variegation in this mint variety comes from a stable clonal condition where one layer of meristem cells has chloroplasts that do not produce chlorophyll.
A somatic mutation seems to have occurred in my pineapple mint yielding a single albino shoot.
We're excited to share that Rhee Lab member Karine Prado (MSU) will be presenting her research on thermo-adaptation in Death Valley at the BioEM Talks webinar on March 19 at 11 AM EDT! 🌵
Learn more and register: www.bioemtalks.org/march-19-2026
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Golden oyster mushrooms are both delicious and invasive in Michigan, which is nice because it means I don't have to feel bad about completely pillaging and plundering every single cap I find...