BACKGROUND In response to findings that pelvic lymphadenectomy does not have any therapeutic benefit for endometrial cancer, we aimed to establish whether complete, systematic lymphadenectomy, including the para-aortic lymph nodes, should be part of surgical therapy for patients at intermediate and high risk of recurrence. METHODS We selected 671 patients with endometrial carcinoma who had be...

Four AP1/AGL9 functional MADS box genes were characterized from the orchid (Oncidium Gower Ramsey). OMADS6 is a SEP3 ortholog, OMADS11 is a SEP1/2 ortholog, OMADS7 is an AGL6-like gene and OMADS10 is a putative paleoAP1 ortholog. The identity of these four genes was further supported by the presence of conserved motifs in the C-terminal regions of the proteins. OMADS6 showed an expression patte...

An emerging challenge in plant biology is to develop qualitative and quantitative measures to describe the appearance of plants through the integration of mathematics and biology. A major hurdle in developing these metrics is finding common terminology across fields. In this review, we define approaches for analyzing plant geometry, topology, and shape, and provide examples for how these terms ...

The identification of mutants in model plant species has led to the isolation of the floral homeotic function genes that play crucial roles in flower organ specification. However, floral homeotic C-function genes are rarely studied in basal eudicots. Here, we report the isolation and characterization of the AGAMOUS (AG) orthologous gene (PaAG) from a basal eudicot London plane tree (Platanus ac...

Being composed of several whorls of distinct floral organs, the flower is one of the most complex organs in the plant. As such, the formation and maintenance of boundaries that separate the meristem from the floral organ primordium and adjacent organs are critical for its normal development. In Arabidopsis, the miR164-regulated NAM genes play key roles in floral-boundary specification. By contr...

Rosa damascena as a holy ancient plant with modern uses in perfumery and therapeutic processes, should be more investigated due to its utilization food ingredients, preclinical clinical studies, cosmetics industry. Here, we have evaluated the proline content, total phenol of sepal petal, oil essential (EO) composition different damask rose ecotypes [(Oroumieh; OR), (Golab; GB), (Oskou; OS), (Lo...

To provide scientific and technological support for the smooth development of flowers, regulation florescence, cultural management, among others, this study analyzes corresponding relationship between bioclimatology characteristics growth, development, reproductive biology A. sellowiana. Berg (Feijoa). Therefore, through optimized paraffin sections, examined floral bud differentiation in five-y...

In the context of large databases, data preparation takes a greater importance : instances and explanatory attributes have to be carefully selected. In supervised learning, instances partitioning techniques have been developped for univariate representations, leading to precise and comprehensible evaluations of the amount of information contained in an attribute, with respect to the target attr...

Gibberellins (GAs) are hormones that control many aspects of plant development, including flowering. It is well known that stamen is the source of GAs that regulate male and bisexual flower development. However, little is known about the role of GAs in female flower development. In cucumber, high levels of GA precursors are present in ovaries and high levels of bioactive GA4 are identified in s...