Month: September 2022

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

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

THREE EXAMPLES of viral genome-editing of the host now follow. https://lnkd.in/eHm9yxZ View in LinkedIn

THE FIRST EXAMPLE. "The origin of the eukaryotic nucleus serves as a first example for the important role of natural genome-editing competences of viruses." https://lnkd.in/e-pJFM6 View in LinkedIn

"THE SECOND EXAMPLE for the important role of viral genome-editing competences is the origin of the adaptive immune system." https://lnkd.in/e-pJFM6 View in LinkedIn

"THE THIRD EXAMPLE for the important role of genome-editing competences of viruses is the origin of placental mammals." https://lnkd.in/e-pJFM6 View in LinkedIn

EVOLUTION AS RANDOM VARIATION. "A stochastic event or system is one that is unpredictable due to the influence of a random variable." Old thinking applied to evolution. https://lnkd.in/epxty9w View in LinkedIn

NON-STOCHASTIC EVOLUTION. "Far from being only stochastic results of randomly derived chance combinations as proposed earlier, genome-editing competences are built on precise combinatorial rules (molecular syntax), highly sensitive to interactional contexts (pragmatic rules) that determine differences in the semantic content, e.g., multiple protein meanings generated according to higher-order regulatory functions." New theory. https://lnkd.in/e-pJFM6 View in LinkedIn

MOLECULAR SYNTAX. "Combinatorial and rearranging processes in evolutionary and developmental processes occur non-randomly. They need to successfully and coherently abide by the rules of molecular syntax." https://lnkd.in/eJG-UVH View in LinkedIn

CONTEXT BEGETS COMPLEXITY. "Genetic content arrangements within the genomic matrix depends on situational contexts in which living organisms are involved in vivo (e.g. context of growth, mating, virulence, stress, etc.) and is therefore able to produce multiple protein meanings, i.e. different semantic contents of the same genetic dataset. Undoubtedly this promotes the development of regulatory complexity." https://lnkd.in/eJG-UVH View in LinkedIn