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ALTERNATIVE MECHANISM. "Rapid closure is brought about by a combination of elastic properties and biochemical/biophysical changes in the motor cells. However, unlike animal neuronal action potentials in which Na+/Ca2+ ions carry the depolarizing phase of the action potential, the rapid depolarization component of the Venus flytrap action potential is most likely brought about by the opening of rapid (R-type) anion channels since plants lack the voltage-sensitive cation channels that characterise animal excitability." http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S096098221300849X View in LinkedIn

LAND ANCESTORS OF WHALES. "Although early whale fossils had been known at least as early as the 1830s, they were often mistaken for giant marine reptiles, as evidenced by the genus name Basilosaurus (Greek for ‘king lizard’), a long, snake-like whale from the Late Eocene [38–34 million years ago (Mya)]." https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Michael_Mcgowen/publication/275671338_A_Whale_of_a_Tale/links/558bce1608ae681f47160178.pdf View in LinkedIn

TRANSITION TO LAND. "Many amniote groups (e.g. sauropterygians, squamates, cetaceans, sirenians, pinnipeds) made the evolutionary transition from a fully terrestrial to a semi- or fully aquatic life. This required major morphological and physiological changes that are best developed in the most specialized aquatic forms, like extant cetaceans and sirenians, which now live totally independent of the terrestrial environment." http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0118409 View in LinkedIn