linkedin post 2019-11-24 06:46:26
PHANTOM BRIDE. "The influence of pollinator choice on the evolution of various sensory cues displayed by flowers is well documented." https://lnkd.in/dHD-ddW View in LinkedIn
linkedin post 2019-11-22 06:03:10
BIOCHEMISTRY OF BACTERIAL MEMORIES. https://lnkd.in/d-cfkR2 View in LinkedIn
linkedin post 2019-11-24 06:39:49
MORE QUESTIONS. "Is the independent emergence of certain floral traits in different lineages (such as in transitions from predominantly bee-pollinated ancestors to principally hummingbird-pollinated flowers) mediated typically by parallel evolution (variation in homologous genes or indeed homologous mutations) or by convergence using different molecular-genetic pathways with similar phenotypic outcome?" https://lnkd.in/dHD-ddW View in LinkedIn
linkedin post 2019-11-22 05:54:46
CATCHING UP. “Brain implants today are where laser eye surgery was several decades ago. They are not risk-free and make sense only for a narrowly defined set of patients—but they are a sign of things to come.” http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304914904579435592981780528 View in LinkedIn
linkedin post 2019-11-23 06:11:55
QUESTIONS. "What is the nature of genetic change in plant speciation? What is the relationship between prezygotic reproductive isolation via flower traits and associated pollinator behavior? Did bee pollinators co-evolve and co-diversify with angiosperm flowers, and did butterfly diversity emerge much later? In what ways do floral traits affect rates of plant species diversification, for example traits controlling bilateral floral symmetry and the morphology of nectar spurs?" https://lnkd.in/dHD-ddW View in LinkedIn
linkedin post 2019-11-22 05:53:21
NEAR FUTURE. “How soon can we expect to see brain implants for perfect memory, enhanced vision, hypernormal focus or an expert golf swing?” http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304914904579435592981780528 View in LinkedIn
linkedin post 2019-11-23 06:08:14
BIG PROJECTS. "The 5,000 insect genome project and the 1000 plant transcriptome project may have great potential for the understanding of pollinator-plant evolution. The scale of these projects reflects the orders of magnitude reduction in costs of sequencing, and they include the majority of model and non-model organisms of active interest around the world, including representatives from more than half (over 250) of all angiosperm plant families, and multiple representatives from all (approximately 30) major insect orders." https://lnkd.in/dHD-ddW View in LinkedIn
linkedin post 2019-11-23 06:06:55
FLORAL FITNESS LANDSCAPE. "Flowers thus exist in exceedingly complex fitness landscapes, in which a large number of traits might all affect individual success, as well as the dynamics of speciation and plant-pollinator coevolution." https://lnkd.in/dHD-ddW View in LinkedIn
linkedin post 2019-11-23 06:05:44
ONE GENE, MANY PHENOTYPES. "Many flower traits are subject to extensive pleiotropies; for example, pigments that contribute to flower coloration are also used in other parts of the plant where they can have multiple important functions." https://lnkd.in/dHD-ddW View in LinkedIn
linkedin post 2019-11-23 06:03:23
AVOIDING PREDATOR ATTRACTION. "A further challenge for plants is that some floral traits that are attractive to pollinators can also be of interest to herbivores, and in some cases, flowering plants may have the dual problem of attracting pollinators while deterring the same species in larval stages." https://lnkd.in/dHD-ddW View in LinkedIn