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If a single plant can simultaneously mimic two different type of neighboring plant, then it seems unlikely that any potential horizontal gene transfer is happen
by HarHarVeryFunny 3y ago
If a single plant can simultaneously mimic two different type of neighboring plant, then it seems unlikely that any potential horizontal gene transfer is happening through the roots, where it might be expected to affect the entire plant, not just one localized side.
- samstave 3y agoI guess one would need to get the genomes(?) for all the plants involved in this Menage A Tree, and see if shared sequences exits? If not, it would indicate "vision" But what we dont know is if plants have an EMF 'voice' that they may use to communicate?
- HarHarVeryFunny 3y agoEMF seems highly unlikely, but easy to disprove experimentally, as are pretty much any of these proposed mechanisms, which is why it seems surprising that such an interesting phenomena exist without yet (apparently) having been subject to more serious study!