natural history

The bryophyte life cycle has profound impacts on reproductive biology. In this review, we summarize recent and foundational findings in these focal areas, and contextualize bryophyte reproduction within the reproductive patterns and processes of land plants at large.

We sequenced the genome of S. ruralis, conducted transcriptomic analyses, and performed comparative genomic and transcriptomic analyses with existing genomes and transcriptomes, including with the close relative S. caninervis. We took a genetic approach to characterize the role of an S. ruralis transcription factor, identified in transcriptomic analyses, in Arabidopsis thaliana. The new genomic resources from this emerging model moss offer novel insights into how plants regulate their responses to water deprivation.

Here, we examine how women are represented in the historical record of NHCs and how historical institutional and societal forces disguise their full contribution to the Smithsonian Institution and their scientific impact as members of the Smithsonian community.