MORPHOLOGICAL INNOVATION DRIVES SPERM RELEASE IN BRYOPHYTES

Morphological Innovation Drives Sperm Release in Bryophytes

Abstract Plant movements for survival are nontrivial.Antheridia in the moss Physcomitrium patens (P.patens) use motion to eject sperm in the presence of water.However, the biological and mechanical mechanisms that actuate the process are unknown.Here, the burst of the antheridium of P.patens, triggered by water, results from elastic instability and

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Is Social Media Challenging the Authority of the Judiciary? Rethinking the Effectiveness of Anonymised and Super Injunctions in the Age of the Internet

While freedom of expression has a long and well-established constitutional foundation as a self-governing concept, the right to privacy is a relatively recent norm in the constitutional orientation of the United Kingdom.Until the Human Rights Act 1998, the right to privacy had little standing constitutionally.Following on from this standard-setting

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