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Pollination and Flower Structure
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2020
Flowers are the reproductive, seed-producing structures of angiosperms. Typically, flowers consist of sepals, petals, stamens, and carpels. Sepals and petals are the vegetative flower organs. Stamens and carpels are the reproductive organs. Flowers must be pollinated to produce seeds. In angiosperms, pollination is the transfer of pollen from the anther of the stamen (the male structure) to the stigma of the carpel (the female structure). Flowers may be self-pollinated or cross-pollinated.
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Artificial Selection - Student Protocol
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2019
Observing Artificial Selection in Plants ExpandTo begin the experiment, collect five two-week old grown plants from the generation one population that appear healthy. Note: Plants should appear green, not wilted, and not have damaged leaves. Experimental Hypothesis: The experimental hypothesis for this lab might be that the number of lead trichomes varies naturally, but the average number will increase over generations if only plants with the highest number of trichomes are interbred or...
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Artificial Selection - Concepts
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2019
Natural Selection and Adaptive Evolution In natural settings, adaptive evolution takes place by natural selection, a process in which differences in traits lead to differences in survival and reproductive success between individuals. This happens because individuals with certain phenotypes have a higher probability of survival and/or produce more surviving offspring than individuals with other phenotypes. A classic example of this was demonstrated by Rosemary and Peter Grant studying the...
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Live Confocal Imaging of Developing Arabidopsis Flowers
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2017
Live confocal imaging provides biologists with a powerful tool to study development. Here, we present a detailed protocol for the live confocal imaging of developing Arabidopsis flowers.
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Forced Flowering in Mandarin Trees under Phytotron Conditions
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2019
Here, we present a protocol to force flowering in mandarin trees under phytotron conditions. Water stress, high illuminance and a simulated spring photoperiod allowed viable flowers to be obtained in a short period of time. This methodology allows researchers to have several flowering periods in 1 year.
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Artificial flowers let researchers emphasize visual structure while holding other properties stable. Their recognizable shapes, colors, and textures can be presented consistently, so changes in a participant’s response are less likely to reflect growth, scent, or biological state. This makes them useful when the aim is to examine perception of form and appearance under controlled conditions.
The appearance can be standardized or deliberately varied across trials. Researchers can focus on differences in shape, color, or texture, then examine how those changes relate to visual perception, attention, categorization, memory, or emotional response. Because the objects do not change through growth, the visual manipulation remains stable, supporting clearer comparisons between stimulus conditions.
A stable nonliving presentation separates responses to visible flower-like features from responses to a living organism or changing environment. This distinction matters because a response may otherwise be difficult to attribute specifically to shape, color, or texture. In neuroscience, isolating these visual contributions helps clarify which aspects of familiar natural forms influence behavior or experience.
The presentation should keep relevant visual properties stable when researchers want comparisons across conditions, while changing only selected appearance features when testing their effects. These objects provide a fixed basis for such comparisons without introducing changes in growth, scent, or biological state. The resulting consistency supports more interpretable assessments of responses to flower-like forms.
These stimuli can support investigations of visual perception, attention, categorization, and memory, with each area focusing on a different response to familiar flower-like forms. Researchers may also examine emotional responses associated with the appearance of those forms. Their stable presentation allows these functions to be considered in relation to controlled visual features rather than shifting biological conditions.
They are useful when researchers want to examine reactions to familiar natural forms while keeping the sensory object visually stable. The flowers can preserve recognizable appearance through shape, color, and texture without changes associated with living blooms. This helps researchers consider whether emotional responses relate to the presented visual form rather than scent, growth, or another biological state.