21Sep 2022 by Nigel Fleming No Comments
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EMERGENT PROPERTIES. "Plants are as adept as animals and humans in reacting effectively to their ever-changing environment. Of necessity, their sessile nature requires specific adaptations, but their cells possess a network-type communication system with emerging properties at the level of the organ or entire plant." http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1360138515002897 View in LinkedIn
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21Sep 2022 by Nigel Fleming No Comments
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MISTLETOE MIMICS. "Interspecific variation in leaf morphology of New Zealand and Australian mistletoes has long been interpreted as an example of leaf mimicry because of the uncanny resemblance between the host and its parasitizing mistletoe." http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982214003881 View in LinkedIn
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21Sep 2022 by Nigel Fleming No Comments
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CHAMELEON PLANTS. "Perhaps the most pointed evidence for the mimicry interpretation of B. trifoliata leaf morphology is the documentation of variation among the leaves produced by single individuals. Some individuals were observed to climb between individuals of different host species, and here the leaves appeared to be mimicking those leaves closest to them, adopting a different morphology at different parts of the same stem." http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982214003881 View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2020-11-03 05:08:46

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MODULAR DESIGN. "On the first scale, learning occurs by parts of the plant without being regulated by the activity of the plant as a whole. The modular character of a plant in distinction to an animal is well established (though animals do have modularity as well). Localized activities happen in individual cells and are mediated in multicellular locales." http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12304-013-9164-x View in LinkedIn
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SO ENDS this first of two weekends on the evolution of sex across species, and insights from the kingdom of fungi, where the process is extremely diverse. In biology, reproduction is absolutely key to species survival, and natural systems do everything possible to enhance its success. You may think that a Friday night date is quite innocent, but it is as deeply hardwired into your genome as your very metabolism. See how John Donne deals with reproductive rejection in The Flea (~1590). https://lnkd.in/dSFaHyp View in LinkedIn
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