Ayako Yamaguchi

TL;DR: FLOWERING LOCUS T (FT) is a conserved promoter of flowering that acts downstream of various regulatory pathways, including one that mediates photoperiodic induction through CONSTANS (CO), and is expressed in the vasculature of cotyledons and leaves.

TL;DR: This work proposes that the phloem is the site where multiple regulatory pathways are integrated at the transcriptional regulation of FT and TSF and reveals additional complexity and spatial aspects of the regulatory network at the pathway integration level.

TL;DR: This work shows that the FT activity, either from overexpressing or inducible transgenes or from the endogenous gene, to promote flowering is transmissible through a graft junction, and that an FT protein with a T7 tag is transported from a donor scion to the apical region of recipient stock plants and becomes detectable within a day or two.

TL;DR: The Bengalese finch is a close-ended learner that produces considerably variable songs as an adult; deafening adult finches resulted in development of abnormal song syntax in as little as 5 days; and there was considerable individual variation in the degree of song deterioration after deafening.

TL;DR: How two types of non-codingRNA species, microRNA (miRNA) and long noncoding RNA (lncRNA), contribute to flowering via regulation of target gene activity involved in this vital developmental transition are introduced.