Fruit Development: Turning Sticks into Hearts

Fruit morphological diversity reflects the versatility of these angiosperm-specific structures, which facilitate plant progeny dispersal from their sessile parents. A recent study links regulatory changes in a key genetic network for fruit patterning with the origin of heart-shaped pods in Brassicaceae. Fruit morphological diversity reflects the versatility of these angiosperm-specific structures, which facilitate plant progeny dispersal from their sessile parents. A recent study links regulatory changes in a key genetic network for fruit patterning with the origin of heart-shaped pods in Brassicaceae.