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INFREQUENT EXAMPLES. "As logical as genomic streamlining might be, few examples have so far been found. Instead, a bevy of articles from the last 10 years show that three separate lines of evidence argue against widespread streamlining in prokaryotes." https://lnkd.in/d3Ys7Am View in LinkedIn

GENOMIC STREAMLINING. "Genomic researchers have proposed that natural selection may favor small genomes—weeding out superfluous material—through a process called “genomic streamlining.” Streamlining makes inherent sense because a small genome should aid metabolic efficiency, because genome size is correlated with cell size." https://lnkd.in/d3Ys7Am View in LinkedIn

GENOME DOWNSIZING. "Evolutionary chromosome change involves significant variation in DNA amount in diploids and genome downsizing in polyploids." https://lnkd.in/dmkwGfy View in LinkedIn

SIMPLICITY NOT SELECTED. "In part, the answer must be that most processes in eukaryotes generally evolve toward complexity, presumably because complexity provides more regulatory opportunities and perhaps also because there is no selective pressure to enforce simplicity." Not always true. https://lnkd.in/d8Qr_bk View in LinkedIn

SPLICEOSOME COMPLEXITY. "The same question could be asked about intron splicing which evolved from simple self-splicing based on RNA catalysis to elaborate spliceosomal complexes with a myriad of RNA and protein components." https://lnkd.in/d8Qr_bk View in LinkedIn

GUIDE TO FLORAL DIAGRAMS AND SYMBOLS. https://lnkd.in/dG89mnv View in LinkedIn

FLORAL FORMULAS. "Floral formula is a means to represent the structure of a flower using numbers, letters and various symbols, presenting substantial information about the flower in a compact form. It can represent particular species, or can be generalized to characterize higher taxa, usually giving ranges of organ numbers.” https://lnkd.in/dkxxcsV View in LinkedIn

FLORAL DIAGRAMS. "Floral diagram is a graphic representation of flower structure. It shows the number of floral organs, their arrangement and fusion. Different parts of the flower are represented by their respective symbols." https://lnkd.in/dBmi9W7 View in LinkedIn

VARIANT FEATURES OF FLOWERS. "Unfortunately, good candidate genes are lacking for many of these morphological features. The one notable exception is floral symmetry, which has been studied in detail in the bilaterally symmetric (zygomorphic) flowers of Antirrhinum." https://lnkd.in/dVXk7jP View in LinkedIn

FLOWER STRUCTURE PRIMER. Just when you thought you had a handle on flowers, time to think again. https://lnkd.in/dzdtdA4 View in LinkedIn