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CLOCK GENE CO. "These results were consistent with a model in which expression of CO under the control of the circadian clock mediates rhythmic changes in photoresponsiveness and perception of external coincidence with light." https://lnkd.in/d_f7kfY View in LinkedIn

MIND GAMES. "When Arabidopsis plants were exposed to a range of these atypical light–dark cycles, floral responses were not determined by the number of light or dark hours within a cycle but reflected how much transcription of the clock-controlled gene CO coincided with light." https://lnkd.in/d_f7kfY View in LinkedIn

ENTRAINMENT. "One of the fundamental properties of the circadian clock is that it will advance or delay its phase (that is, shift its rhythm forward or back relative to dawn and dusk) when entrained to light–dark cycles that are either longer or shorter than 24 h, respectively." https://lnkd.in/d_f7kfY View in LinkedIn

MUTANTS. "Abnormal function of the circadian clock in Arabidopsis mutants was correlated with defective floral responses to photoperiod. For example, the short-period mutant timing of cab 1-1 (toc1-1) flowered earlier than wild-type under short day conditions, whereas the long-period mutant zeitlupe (ztl) exhibited delayed flowering under long day conditions." https://lnkd.in/d_f7kfY View in LinkedIn

FAR-RED LIGHT. "A circadian rhythm in light sensitivity in constant light can be seen when far-red light is added to a background of white fluorescent or red light indicating that the rhythm in light sensitivity continues to run in constant light." https://lnkd.in/d_f7kfY View in LinkedIn

CURRENT STATUS. Work continues on Conway’s Game of Life. A sampling of the imaginative projects undertaken, https://lnkd.in/dJ89ZU9 View in LinkedIn

IRISH POTATO FAMINE. "The basic problem with a monoculture is that it's all vulnerable to the same attack. The Irish Potato Famine of 1845--9 is perhaps the most famous monoculture-related disaster. The Irish planted only one variety of potato, and the genetically identical potatoes succumbed to a rot caused by Phytophthora infestans." https://lnkd.in/dvZvf8T View in LinkedIn

ACCUMULATING COMPLEXITY. "For if there is any purpose legible at all in the millennia of human history, it is in the unflagging persistence with which we add to the complexity of the universe." Except viruses which devolve from complexity to simplicity. The story is a bit more complicated than the simple ascent to complexity. https://lnkd.in/edrARjk View in LinkedIn

AGRICULTURAL MONOCULTURE is very susceptible to catastrophic viral collapse. "FAO estimates that since the beginning of this century about 75 percent of the genetic diversity of agricultural crops has been lost. We are becoming increasingly dependent on fewer and fewer crop varieties and, as a result, a rapidly diminishing gene pool." https://lnkd.in/d_bBGHi View in LinkedIn

EMERGENCE. "Stephen Wolfram was so astonished when he discovered how very complicated results could be obtained with very simple rules that he began a thorough research in the 1980s then published "A New Kind of Science" in 2002. He emphasizes notably the power of CA to experiment on emergence: the apparition of complexity or order, out of simple systems." https://lnkd.in/dN7T9ZC View in LinkedIn