linkedin post 2019-01-29 05:36:34

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ALCHEMICAL GOLD. "The intellectual part for me, what has kept me up at night, is this fascination with why materials in certain forms are alive and in other forms are not. Trying to figure out the secret of how to put materials together so they dance and become alive." https://lnkd.in/dwADMWc View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2019-01-31 06:41:48

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HARD TO DEFINE. "A bewildering variety of forms of life surrounds us, but we usually have no difficulty distinguishing the living from the non-living. That flower, that mushroom, that worm, that bird are alive; that rock, that mountain, that river, that cloud are not. Yet it is notoriously difficult to say what life is, exactly." https://lnkd.in/da-Njua View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2019-01-31 06:36:28

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EMERGENT PROPERTIES. "The individual building blocks of the protocell can't explain the higher-level structure and its functionalities when we put them together. They are an emergent structure. So we have to put a set of appropriate molecular aggregates together to get the first replicator." https://lnkd.in/dwADMWc View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2019-02-02 07:35:17

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ANNUALS VS BIENNIALS. "Vernalization can be facultative or obligate. Winter annuals have a facultative vernalization requirement, as cold accelerates, but this is not required for flowering. Biennials, however, cannot flower without cold treatment and there- fore have an obligate requirement for vernalization. Summer annuals flower rapidly without a vernalization treatment." https://lnkd.in/d_f7kfY View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2019-02-02 07:33:14

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"VERNALIZATION (from Latin vernus, "of the spring") is the induction of a plant's flowering process by exposure to the prolonged cold of winter, or by an artificial equivalent. After vernalization, plants have acquired the ability to flower, but they may require additional seasonal cues or weeks of growth before they will actually flower." https://lnkd.in/d4S7Gvs View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2019-02-02 07:31:42

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SUSPENDED ANIMATION. "Dormancy, a life-history strategy involving suspension of active life, arrested development, and reduced or suspended metabolic activity, mediated either by internal physiological factors (known as diapause) or exogenous factors (known as quiescence). Dormancy is a widespread adaptation, playing a role in the life cycles of a huge variety of organisms.” https://lnkd.in/djYeMia View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2019-02-02 07:28:24

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FRAGMENT FROM NATURE contemplates plant dormancy and vernalization for this and next weekend. Spring is a favorite season for all of us, and it is primarily about the growth of plants and the mating of creatures. The plants have waited in a state of reduced metabolism for cues of spring, which trigger growth and simultaneous flowering. Without synchrony, there is no successful cross-fertilization and reproduction. It is all about timing. View in LinkedIn
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