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PLANT SEX CHROMOSOMES. "Although sex chromosomes have been claimed for nearly a hundred plant species, the number of authenticated sex chromosome systems is at least an order of magnitude smaller." https://lnkd.in/gb3zS32 View in LinkedIn

DARK ART. “Alongside shaken religious faith, European culture was devastated. With the prevalence of unexpected death, the masses realized death’s inevitability. Art in the years following the pandemic exemplified this mindset by showing its grim influence. Artists coped with the devastation by creating works featuring a new dark genre: the Dance of Death, or Danse Macabre.” https://lnkd.in/gyBNmBb View in LinkedIn

LIMITING RECOMBINATION PAIRS. "In a small number of plant species the transition from hermaphroditism has been followed by the evolution of sex chromosomes, which presumably have evolved as a consequences of the need to limit recombination between the different sex determining genes." https://lnkd.in/gb3zS32 View in LinkedIn

RELIGIOUS FREEDOM. “The effects of the pandemic immediately impacted people's religious beliefs, allowing for religious exploration. These religious implications and the resulting willingness of people to question standard Catholic doctrine were contributing factors in the emergence of Martin Luther’s protestant reformation in the early 16th century, along with other religious movements.” https://lnkd.in/gyBNmBb View in LinkedIn

REPEAT EVOLUTIONS. "Dioecy is considered by Charlesworth and Guttman (1999) to have evolved more than 100 times to account for the 160 plant families which include dioecious species." https://lnkd.in/gb3zS32 View in LinkedIn

“MEDICAL PRACTICE and health protocols improved after the pandemic. While medical practice was still outlawed for those not affiliated with the Church, more people turned to independent practitioners, allowing exploration into treatments extending beyond Church doctrine. Governments followed suit with many European governments creating efficient public health protocols.” https://lnkd.in/gyBNmBb View in LinkedIn

ANGIOSPERM EVOLUTION. "It is tempting to speculate that the first angiosperms were dioecious and that this state has then evolved into the hermaphrodites which dominate the present flora and which have 'reverted' to generate the unisexual species." https://lnkd.in/gb3zS32 View in LinkedIn

FEUDALISM DECLINES. “In the decades following the pandemic, Europe experienced significant economic, social, scientific, and religious changes. Increased wages empowered peasants, causing serfdom to disappear in many places, triggering the decline of manorialism. The demand for labor was so high it threatened manorial holdings. Serfs, no longer tied to one landlord, could easily leave for another who would hire them.” https://lnkd.in/gyBNmBb View in LinkedIn

FIRST ANGIOSPERM. "Recent sequencing analyses suggest strongly that Amborella trichopoda, an evergreen dioecious shrub endemic to New Caledonia, is the first branch of angiosperm evolution." https://lnkd.in/gb3zS32 View in LinkedIn

FAMILY TREE RECONSTRUCTIONS. "Many attempts have been made, using morphological and molecular systematics, to reconstruct the early evolutionary history of the 250 000 or so species of flowering plants." https://lnkd.in/gb3zS32 View in LinkedIn