RE: Science Bites - How do plants decide on the pattern of a new leaf?
Certainly the small RNA would be essential to the structural building, but do they explain the metamorphic morphology of diverse leaf types over the life-span of various plants?
According to Anthroposophical researchers, following in the footsteps of Goethe, there are formative environmental fields affecting plant morphology from the outside.
One such researcher was Lawrence Edwards, whose ideas that planetary relationships can have a direct effect on bud shapes can be found here:
http://budworkshop.co.uk/
I accept this may sound a bit far out to one of orthodox approach, yet it is but a glimpse into the world of studying leaf shapes
Some further thoughts on leaf metamorphosis from that vein are found here: http://tomvangelder.antrovista.com/metamorphosis-113m34.html
Resteemed, good post :)
How RNA knows what info to send to whatever it is sending to? I'm convinced that some type of morphogenetic fields are involved in this.
There could be morphogenic fields such as those suggested by Rupert Sheldrake. I kept the focus on the research article on this occasion to spark discussion - and this is great! It is happening!
Life is mysterious! I will post soon how worms helped building more efficiant subway system in Japan. It is fascinating story.
Two cells are just tissue. They don't know nothing by itself. There must be some inteligence in form of field transmiting info to cell so cell can know what info transmit to other cell.
thanks! I love that you have brought Goethe into the picture! I absolutely believe that there are indeed outside forces that would affect leaf pattern and positioning. This fits in very nicely with the Journal I am an Editor for - The Journal of Animal Consciousness. Even though it suggests we only focus on sentience in animals we encompass plants as well. Thank you for sharing this. I will be researching your links with great interest.