tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360356351594869925.post3545948900612177441..comments2024-03-28T15:34:05.886-04:00Comments on Punnett's Square: Parasitic Plants Are Able to Steal Genes From Their HostsG. F. Barbatohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09416043925683981826noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360356351594869925.post-61694329851875971972019-07-31T12:08:05.961-04:002019-07-31T12:08:05.961-04:00So the plant is able to distinguish between “junk”...So the plant is able to distinguish between “junk” DNA and important DNA? I think that’s the most interesting part. Stealing a hosts instructions on hw to survive the environment it’s in, structure, defense, and metabolism, is extremely useful. It seems like it’d be a highly invasive plant species, that learns to adapt to most environments.Will Wymerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04773893218829378994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360356351594869925.post-38718898458093791882019-07-31T09:15:52.894-04:002019-07-31T09:15:52.894-04:00Its really cool to think about horizontal gene tra...Its really cool to think about horizontal gene transfer outside of the realm of bacteria, which is the only place where I had really ever heard of it. When you talked about how the dodder extracts nutrients and genetic information from the host plant, I wondered why the dodder plant hasn't yet taken the gene to produce more chloroplast to create more energy, or the gene to grow bigger leaves to have a larger surface area so they would not need to have a host plant. Joelle Tuckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03092378424485840799noreply@blogger.com