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CLASSIFICATION. “Angiosperms distinguish themselves from gymnosperms by their ovules that are enclosed before pollination.” https://lnkd.in/dmBiWHf View in LinkedIn

COMPLEX OVARY. “The gynoecium is a particularly complicated plant organ that is partitioned into a number of highly specialized tissues within which the female gametophytes (ovules) are produced.” http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959437X16301903 View in LinkedIn

AN OVARY FROM FUSED LEAVES. “The female reproductive organ of flowering plants (angiosperms) is called the gynoecium and develops in the middle of the flower as congenitally fused carpels, which have evolved from leaves. After fertilisation, the gynoecium develops into a fruit that nurtures and protects the seeds inside until their dispersal at maturity.“ http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959437X16301903 View in LinkedIn

HEART OF AN ECOSYSTEM. “Diversification of flowers and the resulting fruit spurred coevolutionary change in pollinators and dispersers, with subsequent wide-ranging effects on herbivores, mycorrhizae, and other interacting organisms.” http://www.genetics.org/content/202/4/1255 View in LinkedIn

FLOWER SUCCESS. “Flowering plants (angiosperms), with reproductive security and speed conferred by the flower, replaced other seed plants in most ecosystems.” http://www.genetics.org/content/202/4/1255 View in LinkedIn

THE FLOWER IMPACTED THE PLANET. “The origin of the flower during the late Jurassic to early Cretaceous eras (most recent estimates are between 150 and 190 MYA) was a key evolutionary innovation that profoundly altered the Earth’s biota.” https://lnkd.in/dm8pYAd View in LinkedIn

REPRODUCTION IN FLOWERING PLANTS, a video by Larry Jensen. An outstanding video with brilliant graphics. A must-watch. https://youtu.be/0UEpq1W9C_E View in LinkedIn

FRAGMENT FROM NATURE considers the evolution of the carpel, the part of flowering plants that is the female flower ovary, the gnoeceium, the heart of reproduction in flowering plants. This single structure is credited with participating in creating ecosystems with other species and transforming the biota of planet Earth. View in LinkedIn

THE TROPHY. “The company made headlines in 2016 when it was reported its AlphaGo program successfully beat a human professional Go player.” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_DeepMind View in LinkedIn

FIRST NEW GENES. “Gene duplications that took place in the pre-angiosperm lineage, before the evolution of the first flowering plants, provided novel gene clades of potential importance for the origin of the carpel.” https://lnkd.in/dbZEjuz View in LinkedIn