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SO ENDS an introduction to the surprising lifestyles of carnivorous plants. Adapted for nutrient-poor habitats, with active and fast-moving insect trapping mechanisms including ingenious slippery surfaces, and digestive enzymes, these plants surely change the time-frames we usually see plants within, from weeks to minutes. To be continued next weekend. View in LinkedIn

VIRAL SPECIES DRIVER. "The formation of all kingdoms, their families, genera, and species relies on the effects of viral colonization and results in diversified lineages and ultimately in the evolution of new species." https://lnkd.in/e-pJFM6 View in LinkedIn

UNDERGROUND PREDATION. "We also document both a unique capturing strategy for carnivorous plants and a case of a plant that traps and digests nematodes with underground adhesive leaves." https://lnkd.in/eGcB3qT View in LinkedIn

"MASSIVE VIRAL COLONIZATION occurred from the very beginning of life, starting with the evolution of Bacteria and Archaea, later on of Protoctista and multicellular Eukaryota." https://lnkd.in/e-pJFM6 View in LinkedIn

UNIQUE PROTEINS IN PITCHER PLANTS. "The digestive fluid of Nepenthes rafflesiana is highly viscoelastic and that this physical property is crucial for the retention of insects in its traps. Trapping efficiency is shown to remain strong even when the fluid is highly diluted by water, as long as the elastic relaxation time of the fluid is higher than the typical time scale of insect movements." https://lnkd.in/eufMNnU View in LinkedIn

PROKARYOTIC SOURCES OF INNOVATION. "The main genomic novelties are found in the prokaryotic domain from where they originally evolved into the higher life forms. Probably all basic enzymatic variations originated therein." https://lnkd.in/e-pJFM6 View in LinkedIn

VIRAL ENGINES OF DIVERSITY. "The natural genome-editing competences of viruses are most complex in bacteria, in which the complete nucleotide-word-order is largely determined, combined, and recombined by viruses." https://lnkd.in/e-pJFM6 View in LinkedIn

INNOVATION SHARING. "Natural genome editing of viruses depends primarily on their biosemiotic competences, i.e., their capability to generate and constitute genetic content as a language-like text according to syntactic, pragmatic and semantic rules in coherence with the laws of physics and chemistry. Through these competences the genetic code is used as a kind of innovation-sharing protocol." https://lnkd.in/e-pJFM6 View in LinkedIn

"EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY emerges from a totally different circumstance than previously thought. It must not be understood as an aggregation of chance mutations of the genetic text and its associated selection, but more as permanent and competent processing of genetic sequences for the purpose of acquisition of previously unknown abilities as an advantageous productivity to ward off competing parasites from host organisms via genomic innovation." https://lnkd.in/eJG-UVH View in LinkedIn

MODERNIZING DARWINISM. "The book grew out of a story Mazur broke online in March 2008—titled "Altenberg! The Woodstock of Evolution?"—about the now famous meeting at Konrad Lorenz Institute in Altenberg, Austria in July 2008, where 16 scientists discussed expanding evolutionary thinking beyond outdated hypotheses." https://lnkd.in/enrnjtY View in LinkedIn