linkedin post 2020-11-05 06:05:16
Walls tell their stories. View in LinkedIn
linkedin post 2020-11-05 06:02:48
SOPHISTICATED SENES. Plants "can sample and integrate in real time many different biotic and abiotic parameters, such as humidity, light, gravity, temperature, nutrient patches and microorganisms in the soil, and many more, courtesy of a highly sophisticated sensorimotor system that includes proprioception, with sensory information being transduced via a number of modalities." http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11229-016-1040-1 View in LinkedIn
linkedin post 2020-11-05 06:01:44
SENTIENT ANIMALS. "Plants can, not only learn and memorize, but also make decisions and solve complex problems." http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11229-016-1040-1 View in LinkedIn
linkedin post 2020-11-07 06:06:55
AVIAN VARIANTS. “Chickens and other birds have a completely different type of sex chromosome, called Z and W, and in these lineages it is the heterogametic ZW pattern that specifies female and the homogametic ZZ the male.” https://lnkd.in/dn4azG7 View in LinkedIn
linkedin post 2020-11-07 06:05:24
PLANT AND FISH VARIANTS. “But in other plants and animals, there are different mechanisms of sex determination. Some species, such as the plant Papaya and the fish Medaka, have sex chromosomes in which the sex specific region is small and the two sex chromosomes are the same size, so called homomorphic sex chromosomes.” https://lnkd.in/dn4azG7 View in LinkedIn
linkedin post 2020-11-07 06:03:42
FRAGMENT FROM NATURE continues from last weekend and concludes this weekend on a fascinating fungal kingdom perspective on why sexual reproduction arose. Fungi are reproductively amongst the most creative species, with a plethora of device employed. This analysis looks at sexual reproduction in the light of this abundance and comes to interesting insights from our fungal friends. View in LinkedIn
linkedin post 2020-11-06 03:01:22
RANGE OF SENSES. "Plants have all the same senses as humans, and then some. In addition to hearing, taste, for example, they can sense gravity, the presence of water, or even feel that an obstruction is in the way of its roots, before coming into contact with it. Plant roots will shift direction, he says, to avoid obstacles." http://www.pri.org/stories/2014-01-09/new-research-plant-intelligence-may-forever-change-how-you-think-about-plants View in LinkedIn
linkedin post 2020-11-06 02:59:49
LISTENING. "Researchers, says Pollan, have played a recording of a caterpillar munching on a leaf to plants — and the plants react. They begin to secrete defensive chemicals — even though the plant isn't really threatened, Pollan says. "It is somehow hearing what is, to it, a terrifying sound of a caterpillar munching on its leaves." http://www.pri.org/stories/2014-01-09/new-research-plant-intelligence-may-forever-change-how-you-think-about-plants View in LinkedIn
linkedin post 2020-11-06 02:58:42
VIBRATIONS. "Some plants can tell vibrations caused by predators apart from innocuous ones (wind or the chirps of insects), eliciting chemical defenses selectively." http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11229-016-1040-1 View in LinkedIn