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PLANT MEMORY INPUTS. "A plethora of ecological impacts require memory, some of which will be exemplified and critically examined, namely, molecular aspects of membrane transport, fitness, photosynthesis, osmotic stress and salinity, pollution events and priming by volatile organic compounds and by vibrations." http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-25688-7_2 View in LinkedIn

PARALLEL EVOLUTION OF SEAGRASSES. "Phylogenetic analysis of members of the entire order, based on the plastid gene encoding for RuBisCO large subunit, indicates that the return into the sea occurred at least three times independently through parallel evolution from a common aquatic-freshwater ancestor of terrestrial origin." http://bmcevolbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1471-2148-11-8 View in LinkedIn

CRETACEOUS ORIGINS. "Seagrasses belong to the order of Alismatales which includes 11 families of aquatic-freshwater species and 4 families that are fully marine. The marine families include the Posidoniaceae, Zosteraceae, Hydrocharitaceae, and Cymodoceaceae, and have originated in the Cretaceous period." http://bmcevolbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1471-2148-11-8 View in LinkedIn

SEAGRASSES. "The monocotyledonous seagrasses represent, in fact, a polyphyletic group of plants that can live underwater in fully marine environments. At least three independent seagrass lineages, but no other angiosperm species, have evolved to a life in the marine environment." http://bmcevolbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1471-2148-11-8 View in LinkedIn

ON PLANTS AND WHALES. "Aquatic angiosperms are perhaps comparable to whales: They returned to the water, preserving some features of terrestrial organisms.” http://bmcevolbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1471-2148-11-8 View in LinkedIn