linkedin post 2017-08-30 05:39:19

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MORE PLASTIC ADAPTATION. "Relying to various degrees on vegetative reproduction, the capacity to conserve or reverse gene regulation changes over cell divisions has clear potential for optimization of plasticity and acclimation in response to environmental variation encountered. Clonal plants may be one of the best examples of organisms taking advantage of epigenetic acclimation as an alternative to the slower mechanisms of adaptation through natural selection." http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11258-014-0430-z View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2017-08-27 06:55:02

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GENE EVOLUTION. "The gene encoding one of these topologies might have evolved from the other through non-circular permutation in ancient cells through horizontal gene transfer—a rule for evolution in the prokaryotic world. In fact, although rare, non-circular permutation has been observed in cells, as exemplified by bacterial DNA methyltransferases." https://lnkd.in/dQSWuND View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2017-08-27 06:51:57

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MORE KINGDOMS USING TEMPLATES. "Viruses likely originated from ancient cells through encapsulating cellular plasmids or genome fragments by cellular protein. Indeed, cellular complexes resembling the structure and topology of HK97 gp5 have been found in both bacteria and archaea cells. Similarly, it is natural to expect that cellular proteins with the BPP-1 topology of the HK97-like fold also exist elsewhere." http://www.aimspress.com/article/10.3934/biophy.2015.2.200/fulltext.html View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2017-08-27 06:49:28

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OUTLIER. "Presently, HK97 is the only known virus to display covalent chainmail formed with isopeptide crosslinks and thus constitutes its own group. The use of a single protein in HK97 to form a stable structure represents a highly optimized strategy, perhaps resulting from evolutionary selection. As such, it may represent a more recent emergence of complexes with the HK97-like fold." https://lnkd.in/dQSWuND View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2017-09-01 06:46:10

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HETEROSTYLY DEFINED. “Heterostyly is a unique form of polymorphism and herkogamy in flowers. In a heterostylous species, two or three morphological types of flowers, termed "morphs", exist in the population. On each individual plant, all flowers share the same morph. The flower morphs differ in the lengths of the pistil and stamens, and these traits are not continuous.” https://lnkd.in/dBgeGam View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2017-09-01 06:43:27

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POLYMORPHISM #3. "Heterostyly and dioecy are the best-known sexual polymorphism of this type, with heterostylous populations usually composed of two (distyly) or three (tristyly) style morphs, and dioecious populations composed of female and male plants." http://www.pnas.org/content/112/29/8859.full View in LinkedIn
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