This document discusses pollination and the different types of pollination including self-pollination, cross-pollination, and their advantages and disadvantages. It also describes the floral adaptations for different pollination mechanisms including anemophily (wind), hydrophily (water), entomophily (insects), ornithophily (birds), and chiropterophily (bats). Key adaptations include flower size, color, scent, nectar production, pollen characteristics, and timing of anther and stigma maturation.
Pollen pistil interaction
Types of Incompatibility in plants
Methods to overcome Incompatibility
Prepared by
Dr. T. Annie Sheron
Assistant Professor of Botany
DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY
KAKATIYA GOVERNMENT COLLEGE, HANAMKONDA
Pollination : Types and significance.
The Seminar presented by Biswajit Das
L.T.K. College, Department of Botany.
In order that a plant is able to produce seeds, the male and female gametes must come together.
The male gamete is produced by the androecium within the pollen grain, while the female gamete is produced by the gynoecium within the ovule.
Pollination is the process that helps in bringing male and female gametes together.
Self-pollination and cross-pollination are two major ways. Flowering plants are adapted to use vivid agents, like biotic and abiotic.
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Pollen pistil interaction
Types of Incompatibility in plants
Methods to overcome Incompatibility
Prepared by
Dr. T. Annie Sheron
Assistant Professor of Botany
DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY
KAKATIYA GOVERNMENT COLLEGE, HANAMKONDA
Pollination : Types and significance.
The Seminar presented by Biswajit Das
L.T.K. College, Department of Botany.
In order that a plant is able to produce seeds, the male and female gametes must come together.
The male gamete is produced by the androecium within the pollen grain, while the female gamete is produced by the gynoecium within the ovule.
Pollination is the process that helps in bringing male and female gametes together.
Self-pollination and cross-pollination are two major ways. Flowering plants are adapted to use vivid agents, like biotic and abiotic.
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Plant fertilization is the union of male and female gametes (reproductive cells) to produce a zygote (fertilized egg)
Double Fertilization
Both the male gametes/sperms participate in sexual reproduction.
Two male gametes fuse with one female gamete wherein one male gamete fertilizes the egg to form a zygote, whereas the other fuses with two polar nuclei to form an endosperm
Triple fusion is the fusion of the male gamete with two polar nuclei inside the embryo sac of the angiosperm.
Porogamy - entry through the micropyle.
Chalazogamy - entry through the Chalaza
Mesogamy - entry through the middle part or the integuments
Steps leading to fertilization
Germination of the pollen grain:
Stigma function is to provide place of lodging and germination of the pollen grain after pollination.
Types of stigmas-
Wet stigmas
Secrete exudates like water and other nutrients
In the form of droplets on the stigma.
Exudates made up of a mix of water, lipids, sugars, amino acids, phenolic compounds.
Highly viscous and adhesive. Ex: Petunia, Zea etc.
Dry stigma
Do not secrete exudates Ex: Gossypium
Double Fertilization & Triple Fusion:
Both the male gametes are involved in the fertilization.
Fertilize two different components of the embryo sac - Double Fertilization
One fuses with the egg nucleus (syngamy) -> Zygote(2n)
second fuses with polar nuclei -> primary endosperm nucleus (PEN).
Involves fusion of three nuclei - Triple fusion -> Endosperm(3n)
Pollen tube in the synergids:
Entry only through micropyle. Guided by oburator
Presence of chemotropic substances
Collapse of one the synergids prior to entry of the pollen tube.
Pollen tube in the synergids:
Entry only through micropyle. Guided by oburator
Presence of chemotropic substances
Collapse of one the synergids prior to entry of the pollen tube.
Discharge of pollen tube contents (two male gametes, vegetative nucleus and cytoplasm) into the synergids.
Disorganization of tube nucleus
Polyspermy &Heterofertilization
Heterofertilization - Type of double fertilization in plants in which endosperm and embryo are genetically different.
This happens when two different sperm nuclei from two different pollen tubes happen to enter the same embryo sac.
Dr. T. Annie Sheron
Annie Sheron
Kakatiya Government College
Double fertilization is the process found in angiosperms in which out of the two male gametes released inside the embryo sac, one fuses with the egg cell (syngamy) and another fuse with secondary nucleus (triple fusion).
Pollination, transfer of pollen grains from the stamens, the flower parts that produce them, to the ovule-bearing organs or to the ovules (seed precursors) themselves. In plants such as conifers and cycads, in which the ovules are exposed, the pollen is simply caught in a drop of fluid secreted by the ovule. In flowering plants, however, the ovules are contained within a hollow organ called the pistil, and the pollen is deposited on the pistil’s receptive surface, the stigma. There the pollen germinates and gives rise to a pollen tube, which grows down through the pistil toward one of the ovules in its base. In an act of double fertilization, one of the two sperm cells within the pollen tube fuses with the egg cell of the ovule, making possible the development of an embryo, and the other cell combines with the two subsidiary sexual nuclei of the ovule, which initiates formation of a reserve food tissue, the endosperm. The growing ovule then transforms itself into a seed.
Vascular Cambium & Seasonal activity & its Role in Stem & RootFatima Ramay
Vascular Cambium & Seasonal activity & its Role in Stem & Root:
The vascular cambium (pl. cambia or cambiums) is a lateral meristem in the vascular tissue of plants.
The vascular cambium is a cylindrical layer of cambium that runs through the stem of a plant that undergoes secondary growth.
In Dicots:
The vascular cambium is in dicot stems and roots, located between the xylem and the phloem in the stem and root of a vascular plant, and is the source of both the secondary xylem growth (inwards, towards the pith) and the secondary phloem growth (outwards).
In Monocots:
Monocot stems, such as corn, palms and bamboos, do not have a vascular cambium and do not exhibit secondary growth by the production of concentric annual rings. They cannot increase in girth by adding lateral layers of cells as in conifers and woody dicots.
Cambium of some plants remains active for the entire period of their life, i.e., cambial cells divide and resulting cells mature to form xylem and phloem elements.
This type of seasonal activity usually found in the plants present in the tropical regions, and not all plants show cambial activity.
Percentage of ringless trees in the rain forests of;India : 75%Amazon : 43%Malaysia : 15%
In regions with definite seasonal climate; seasonal activity of cambium ceased with onset of unfavorable conditions; In Autumn, it enters the dormant state and lasts for the end of summer; In Spring, cambium again becomes active.
Duration of cambial activity is also affected by day-length, e.g., In Robinia pseudoacacia, cambium is dormant under short-day condition.
The cambium cells formed in circular in cross section from the beginning onwards.
The cambial ring is partially primary (fascicular cambium) and partially secondary (interfascicular cambium).
Periderm originates from the cortical cells (extra stelar in origin).
In Dicot stem, for mechanical support xylem is with comparatively smaller vessels, greater fibers and less parenchyma.
More amount of cork is produces for protection.
Lenticels on periderm are very prominent.
The cambial ring formed is wavy in the beginning and later becomes circular.
The cambium ring is completely secondary in origin.
Periderm originates from the pericycle (intra stelar in origin).
In Dicot root, xylem is with big thin walled vessels with few fibers and more parenchyma.
Less amount of cork is produced as root is underground.
Lenticels on periderm are not very prominent.
The modes of reproduction in crop plants may be broadly grouped into two categories: asexual and sexual.
Sexual reproduction involves the fusion of male and female gametes, whereas in asexual reproduction new plants may develop from vegetative parts of the plant (vegetative reproduction) or may arise from embryos that develop without fertilization (apomixis).
Presentation Includes very important topics related to Pollination and Double Fertilization in Flowering Plants (Angiosperms). The presentatio will be important for Class XII and X students as well many questions can be asked from the presentation.
Sexual and Asexual reproduction in plants with pollination and development of gametophytes and double fertilization with embryo and endosperm formation.
Plant fertilization is the union of male and female gametes (reproductive cells) to produce a zygote (fertilized egg)
Double Fertilization
Both the male gametes/sperms participate in sexual reproduction.
Two male gametes fuse with one female gamete wherein one male gamete fertilizes the egg to form a zygote, whereas the other fuses with two polar nuclei to form an endosperm
Triple fusion is the fusion of the male gamete with two polar nuclei inside the embryo sac of the angiosperm.
Porogamy - entry through the micropyle.
Chalazogamy - entry through the Chalaza
Mesogamy - entry through the middle part or the integuments
Steps leading to fertilization
Germination of the pollen grain:
Stigma function is to provide place of lodging and germination of the pollen grain after pollination.
Types of stigmas-
Wet stigmas
Secrete exudates like water and other nutrients
In the form of droplets on the stigma.
Exudates made up of a mix of water, lipids, sugars, amino acids, phenolic compounds.
Highly viscous and adhesive. Ex: Petunia, Zea etc.
Dry stigma
Do not secrete exudates Ex: Gossypium
Double Fertilization & Triple Fusion:
Both the male gametes are involved in the fertilization.
Fertilize two different components of the embryo sac - Double Fertilization
One fuses with the egg nucleus (syngamy) -> Zygote(2n)
second fuses with polar nuclei -> primary endosperm nucleus (PEN).
Involves fusion of three nuclei - Triple fusion -> Endosperm(3n)
Pollen tube in the synergids:
Entry only through micropyle. Guided by oburator
Presence of chemotropic substances
Collapse of one the synergids prior to entry of the pollen tube.
Pollen tube in the synergids:
Entry only through micropyle. Guided by oburator
Presence of chemotropic substances
Collapse of one the synergids prior to entry of the pollen tube.
Discharge of pollen tube contents (two male gametes, vegetative nucleus and cytoplasm) into the synergids.
Disorganization of tube nucleus
Polyspermy &Heterofertilization
Heterofertilization - Type of double fertilization in plants in which endosperm and embryo are genetically different.
This happens when two different sperm nuclei from two different pollen tubes happen to enter the same embryo sac.
Dr. T. Annie Sheron
Annie Sheron
Kakatiya Government College
Double fertilization is the process found in angiosperms in which out of the two male gametes released inside the embryo sac, one fuses with the egg cell (syngamy) and another fuse with secondary nucleus (triple fusion).
Pollination, transfer of pollen grains from the stamens, the flower parts that produce them, to the ovule-bearing organs or to the ovules (seed precursors) themselves. In plants such as conifers and cycads, in which the ovules are exposed, the pollen is simply caught in a drop of fluid secreted by the ovule. In flowering plants, however, the ovules are contained within a hollow organ called the pistil, and the pollen is deposited on the pistil’s receptive surface, the stigma. There the pollen germinates and gives rise to a pollen tube, which grows down through the pistil toward one of the ovules in its base. In an act of double fertilization, one of the two sperm cells within the pollen tube fuses with the egg cell of the ovule, making possible the development of an embryo, and the other cell combines with the two subsidiary sexual nuclei of the ovule, which initiates formation of a reserve food tissue, the endosperm. The growing ovule then transforms itself into a seed.
Vascular Cambium & Seasonal activity & its Role in Stem & RootFatima Ramay
Vascular Cambium & Seasonal activity & its Role in Stem & Root:
The vascular cambium (pl. cambia or cambiums) is a lateral meristem in the vascular tissue of plants.
The vascular cambium is a cylindrical layer of cambium that runs through the stem of a plant that undergoes secondary growth.
In Dicots:
The vascular cambium is in dicot stems and roots, located between the xylem and the phloem in the stem and root of a vascular plant, and is the source of both the secondary xylem growth (inwards, towards the pith) and the secondary phloem growth (outwards).
In Monocots:
Monocot stems, such as corn, palms and bamboos, do not have a vascular cambium and do not exhibit secondary growth by the production of concentric annual rings. They cannot increase in girth by adding lateral layers of cells as in conifers and woody dicots.
Cambium of some plants remains active for the entire period of their life, i.e., cambial cells divide and resulting cells mature to form xylem and phloem elements.
This type of seasonal activity usually found in the plants present in the tropical regions, and not all plants show cambial activity.
Percentage of ringless trees in the rain forests of;India : 75%Amazon : 43%Malaysia : 15%
In regions with definite seasonal climate; seasonal activity of cambium ceased with onset of unfavorable conditions; In Autumn, it enters the dormant state and lasts for the end of summer; In Spring, cambium again becomes active.
Duration of cambial activity is also affected by day-length, e.g., In Robinia pseudoacacia, cambium is dormant under short-day condition.
The cambium cells formed in circular in cross section from the beginning onwards.
The cambial ring is partially primary (fascicular cambium) and partially secondary (interfascicular cambium).
Periderm originates from the cortical cells (extra stelar in origin).
In Dicot stem, for mechanical support xylem is with comparatively smaller vessels, greater fibers and less parenchyma.
More amount of cork is produces for protection.
Lenticels on periderm are very prominent.
The cambial ring formed is wavy in the beginning and later becomes circular.
The cambium ring is completely secondary in origin.
Periderm originates from the pericycle (intra stelar in origin).
In Dicot root, xylem is with big thin walled vessels with few fibers and more parenchyma.
Less amount of cork is produced as root is underground.
Lenticels on periderm are not very prominent.
The modes of reproduction in crop plants may be broadly grouped into two categories: asexual and sexual.
Sexual reproduction involves the fusion of male and female gametes, whereas in asexual reproduction new plants may develop from vegetative parts of the plant (vegetative reproduction) or may arise from embryos that develop without fertilization (apomixis).
Presentation Includes very important topics related to Pollination and Double Fertilization in Flowering Plants (Angiosperms). The presentatio will be important for Class XII and X students as well many questions can be asked from the presentation.
Sexual and Asexual reproduction in plants with pollination and development of gametophytes and double fertilization with embryo and endosperm formation.
Pollination Detailed Explanation with examples Sumita Sinha
Pollination and Its types with examples.Contrivances of self - Pollination and Cross - Pollination.Agents of Pollination is also clearly mentioned.The topic is clearly explained with relevant images for better understanding.
For CBSE class 10th and 12
Have you ever wondered why bees are attracted to flowers? Flowers look beautiful and are fragrant, but there is a reason behind this – flowers actually help plants to reproduce. Flowering plants have seeds, carry the genetic information of the parents and develop into a new plant.
Explore pollination notes provided here to learn about the process and types of pollination.
Table of Contents
Pollination
Process
Types
The process of pollination begins when the pollen grains from the respective flowers lands on the stigma and form a pollen tube with the style length, which connects both the stigma and ovary. After the completion of the pollen tube, the pollen grain starts transmitting sperm cells from the grain to the ovary.
Later the process of fertilization in plants will take place when the sperm cells will reach the ovary and egg cells. The seed is then released from the parent plant and making it able to grow into a plant and continue the reproductive cycle with the use of the pollination method.
Photosynthesis is an anabolic process by which simple inorganic substances like CO2 and H2O are converted into a complex substance like a carbohydrate in the presence of light and chlorophyll.
Genetics (Greek word ‘genesis’ = to grow into)
i. The branch of biology which deals with the study of heredity and variation is known as genetics.
ii. The term genetics were coined by Bateson (1906).
2. Heredity :
The transmission of character from one generation to the others is called as heredity.
Gregor Johann Mendel (July 20, 1822 – January 6, 1884) was a Czech-German Augustinian friar and scientist, who gained posthumous fame as the founder of the new science of genetics for his study of the inheritance of certain traits in pea plants. Mendel showed that the inheritance of these traits follows particular laws, which were later named after him. The significance of Mendel’s work was not recognized until the turn of the 20th century. The independent rediscovery of these laws formed the foundation of the modern science of genetics.
In incomplete dominance the genes of an allelomorphic pair are not expressed as dominant or recessive.
ii. They express them self partially when present together in hybrid.
iii. One gene cannot suppress the expression of the other completely.
iv. As a result F1, hybrid shows characters intermediate to the effect of two genes of the parent.
v. In such cases both the alleles of contrasting characters express as blend or mixing.
DNA (Deoxyribo nucleic acid) is the principal genetic material of all organisms, except some viruses.
In 1953, James Watson and Francis Crick proposed the structural model of DNA for which they received the Nobel Prize in 1962.
Mitosis is an equational division, dividing the mother cell into two daughter cells which are identical to one another and also to the mother cell in having the same number and kind of chromosome.
Meiosis is reductional division in which the chromosome number is reduced to half. During meiosis, four haploid daughter cells are formed from one parental cell.
It is a process in which the chromosomes duplicate only once but the cell divides twice.
It results in formation of four haploid cells. Hence, it is also called reduction division.
The lichens are slow growing, long living organisms.
Theophrastus was first to use the word lichen.
Lichens are formed by close association of two different partners,
A) Phycobiont or photobiont: The algal component of lichens is called phycobiont.
It mostly belong to Chlorophyceae(green algae)
Or cyanobacteria ( blue green algae)
B) Mycobiont: The fungal component of the lichens is called mycobiont. It belongs to ascomycetes and rearly Basidomycetes or Deuteromycetes.
Kingdom Fungi includes Unicellular ( Yeast) or multicellular and filamentous (Penicillium) organisms.
Unicellular organisms have a protoplast with many nuclei e.g. Rhizopus or with a single nucleus e.g. Yeast.
Filamentous organisms consist of a body called Mycelium in which a number of thread like structures called Hypae are present.
What is cell division?
Ans: Cell division is a process by which a cell divides into two or more daughter cells.
Every cell arises from the pre-existing cell by the process of cell division.
Q. What is generation time?
Ans: The period between two successive divisions is called generation time.
औषधी वनस्पती आणि जनावरांच्या रोगांचे नैसर्गिक पद्धतीने नियंत्रण by Dr. pravin...Pravin Cholke
माणसाप्रमाणेच प्राण्यांनाही विविध प्रकारचे आजार होतात. या आजारांमध्ये खरी कसोटी लागते ती शेतकरी, पशुपालकांची. ग्रामीण भागामध्ये आजाराबाबतचे अज्ञान, गावापासून दूर असलेला दवाखाना, औषधांचा व साधनांचा अपुरा पुरवठा यासोबतच पशुपालकाची आर्थिक परिस्थिती, अशा अनेक कारणांमुळे आजाराची तीव्रता वाढते. तीव्रता वाढल्याने उपचारावरील खर्चामध्ये वाढ होते. हे टाळण्यासाठी जनावरांच्या सर्वसाधारण आजारांवर घरगुती पद्धतीने उपचार केल्यास आजारांवर वेळीच नियंत्रण मिळवता येते.
Observation of Io’s Resurfacing via Plume Deposition Using Ground-based Adapt...Sérgio Sacani
Since volcanic activity was first discovered on Io from Voyager images in 1979, changes
on Io’s surface have been monitored from both spacecraft and ground-based telescopes.
Here, we present the highest spatial resolution images of Io ever obtained from a groundbased telescope. These images, acquired by the SHARK-VIS instrument on the Large
Binocular Telescope, show evidence of a major resurfacing event on Io’s trailing hemisphere. When compared to the most recent spacecraft images, the SHARK-VIS images
show that a plume deposit from a powerful eruption at Pillan Patera has covered part
of the long-lived Pele plume deposit. Although this type of resurfacing event may be common on Io, few have been detected due to the rarity of spacecraft visits and the previously low spatial resolution available from Earth-based telescopes. The SHARK-VIS instrument ushers in a new era of high resolution imaging of Io’s surface using adaptive
optics at visible wavelengths.
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Cancer cell metabolism: special Reference to Lactate PathwayAADYARAJPANDEY1
Normal Cell Metabolism:
Cellular respiration describes the series of steps that cells use to break down sugar and other chemicals to get the energy we need to function.
Energy is stored in the bonds of glucose and when glucose is broken down, much of that energy is released.
Cell utilize energy in the form of ATP.
The first step of respiration is called glycolysis. In a series of steps, glycolysis breaks glucose into two smaller molecules - a chemical called pyruvate. A small amount of ATP is formed during this process.
Most healthy cells continue the breakdown in a second process, called the Kreb's cycle. The Kreb's cycle allows cells to “burn” the pyruvates made in glycolysis to get more ATP.
The last step in the breakdown of glucose is called oxidative phosphorylation (Ox-Phos).
It takes place in specialized cell structures called mitochondria. This process produces a large amount of ATP. Importantly, cells need oxygen to complete oxidative phosphorylation.
If a cell completes only glycolysis, only 2 molecules of ATP are made per glucose. However, if the cell completes the entire respiration process (glycolysis - Kreb's - oxidative phosphorylation), about 36 molecules of ATP are created, giving it much more energy to use.
IN CANCER CELL:
Unlike healthy cells that "burn" the entire molecule of sugar to capture a large amount of energy as ATP, cancer cells are wasteful.
Cancer cells only partially break down sugar molecules. They overuse the first step of respiration, glycolysis. They frequently do not complete the second step, oxidative phosphorylation.
This results in only 2 molecules of ATP per each glucose molecule instead of the 36 or so ATPs healthy cells gain. As a result, cancer cells need to use a lot more sugar molecules to get enough energy to survive.
Unlike healthy cells that "burn" the entire molecule of sugar to capture a large amount of energy as ATP, cancer cells are wasteful.
Cancer cells only partially break down sugar molecules. They overuse the first step of respiration, glycolysis. They frequently do not complete the second step, oxidative phosphorylation.
This results in only 2 molecules of ATP per each glucose molecule instead of the 36 or so ATPs healthy cells gain. As a result, cancer cells need to use a lot more sugar molecules to get enough energy to survive.
introduction to WARBERG PHENOMENA:
WARBURG EFFECT Usually, cancer cells are highly glycolytic (glucose addiction) and take up more glucose than do normal cells from outside.
Otto Heinrich Warburg (; 8 October 1883 – 1 August 1970) In 1931 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology for his "discovery of the nature and mode of action of the respiratory enzyme.
WARNBURG EFFECT : cancer cells under aerobic (well-oxygenated) conditions to metabolize glucose to lactate (aerobic glycolysis) is known as the Warburg effect. Warburg made the observation that tumor slices consume glucose and secrete lactate at a higher rate than normal tissues.
Multi-source connectivity as the driver of solar wind variability in the heli...Sérgio Sacani
The ambient solar wind that flls the heliosphere originates from multiple
sources in the solar corona and is highly structured. It is often described
as high-speed, relatively homogeneous, plasma streams from coronal
holes and slow-speed, highly variable, streams whose source regions are
under debate. A key goal of ESA/NASA’s Solar Orbiter mission is to identify
solar wind sources and understand what drives the complexity seen in the
heliosphere. By combining magnetic feld modelling and spectroscopic
techniques with high-resolution observations and measurements, we show
that the solar wind variability detected in situ by Solar Orbiter in March
2022 is driven by spatio-temporal changes in the magnetic connectivity to
multiple sources in the solar atmosphere. The magnetic feld footpoints
connected to the spacecraft moved from the boundaries of a coronal hole
to one active region (12961) and then across to another region (12957). This
is refected in the in situ measurements, which show the transition from fast
to highly Alfvénic then to slow solar wind that is disrupted by the arrival of
a coronal mass ejection. Our results describe solar wind variability at 0.5 au
but are applicable to near-Earth observatories.
Nutraceutical market, scope and growth: Herbal drug technologyLokesh Patil
As consumer awareness of health and wellness rises, the nutraceutical market—which includes goods like functional meals, drinks, and dietary supplements that provide health advantages beyond basic nutrition—is growing significantly. As healthcare expenses rise, the population ages, and people want natural and preventative health solutions more and more, this industry is increasing quickly. Further driving market expansion are product formulation innovations and the use of cutting-edge technology for customized nutrition. With its worldwide reach, the nutraceutical industry is expected to keep growing and provide significant chances for research and investment in a number of categories, including vitamins, minerals, probiotics, and herbal supplements.
The increased availability of biomedical data, particularly in the public domain, offers the opportunity to better understand human health and to develop effective therapeutics for a wide range of unmet medical needs. However, data scientists remain stymied by the fact that data remain hard to find and to productively reuse because data and their metadata i) are wholly inaccessible, ii) are in non-standard or incompatible representations, iii) do not conform to community standards, and iv) have unclear or highly restricted terms and conditions that preclude legitimate reuse. These limitations require a rethink on data can be made machine and AI-ready - the key motivation behind the FAIR Guiding Principles. Concurrently, while recent efforts have explored the use of deep learning to fuse disparate data into predictive models for a wide range of biomedical applications, these models often fail even when the correct answer is already known, and fail to explain individual predictions in terms that data scientists can appreciate. These limitations suggest that new methods to produce practical artificial intelligence are still needed.
In this talk, I will discuss our work in (1) building an integrative knowledge infrastructure to prepare FAIR and "AI-ready" data and services along with (2) neurosymbolic AI methods to improve the quality of predictions and to generate plausible explanations. Attention is given to standards, platforms, and methods to wrangle knowledge into simple, but effective semantic and latent representations, and to make these available into standards-compliant and discoverable interfaces that can be used in model building, validation, and explanation. Our work, and those of others in the field, creates a baseline for building trustworthy and easy to deploy AI models in biomedicine.
Bio
Dr. Michel Dumontier is the Distinguished Professor of Data Science at Maastricht University, founder and executive director of the Institute of Data Science, and co-founder of the FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable) data principles. His research explores socio-technological approaches for responsible discovery science, which includes collaborative multi-modal knowledge graphs, privacy-preserving distributed data mining, and AI methods for drug discovery and personalized medicine. His work is supported through the Dutch National Research Agenda, the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, Horizon Europe, the European Open Science Cloud, the US National Institutes of Health, and a Marie-Curie Innovative Training Network. He is the editor-in-chief for the journal Data Science and is internationally recognized for his contributions in bioinformatics, biomedical informatics, and semantic technologies including ontologies and linked data.
Richard's entangled aventures in wonderlandRichard Gill
Since the loophole-free Bell experiments of 2020 and the Nobel prizes in physics of 2022, critics of Bell's work have retreated to the fortress of super-determinism. Now, super-determinism is a derogatory word - it just means "determinism". Palmer, Hance and Hossenfelder argue that quantum mechanics and determinism are not incompatible, using a sophisticated mathematical construction based on a subtle thinning of allowed states and measurements in quantum mechanics, such that what is left appears to make Bell's argument fail, without altering the empirical predictions of quantum mechanics. I think however that it is a smoke screen, and the slogan "lost in math" comes to my mind. I will discuss some other recent disproofs of Bell's theorem using the language of causality based on causal graphs. Causal thinking is also central to law and justice. I will mention surprising connections to my work on serial killer nurse cases, in particular the Dutch case of Lucia de Berk and the current UK case of Lucy Letby.
Seminar of U.V. Spectroscopy by SAMIR PANDASAMIR PANDA
Spectroscopy is a branch of science dealing the study of interaction of electromagnetic radiation with matter.
Ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy refers to absorption spectroscopy or reflect spectroscopy in the UV-VIS spectral region.
Ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy is an analytical method that can measure the amount of light received by the analyte.
A brief information about the SCOP protein database used in bioinformatics.
The Structural Classification of Proteins (SCOP) database is a comprehensive and authoritative resource for the structural and evolutionary relationships of proteins. It provides a detailed and curated classification of protein structures, grouping them into families, superfamilies, and folds based on their structural and sequence similarities.
Slide 1: Title Slide
Extrachromosomal Inheritance
Slide 2: Introduction to Extrachromosomal Inheritance
Definition: Extrachromosomal inheritance refers to the transmission of genetic material that is not found within the nucleus.
Key Components: Involves genes located in mitochondria, chloroplasts, and plasmids.
Slide 3: Mitochondrial Inheritance
Mitochondria: Organelles responsible for energy production.
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA): Circular DNA molecule found in mitochondria.
Inheritance Pattern: Maternally inherited, meaning it is passed from mothers to all their offspring.
Diseases: Examples include Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) and mitochondrial myopathy.
Slide 4: Chloroplast Inheritance
Chloroplasts: Organelles responsible for photosynthesis in plants.
Chloroplast DNA (cpDNA): Circular DNA molecule found in chloroplasts.
Inheritance Pattern: Often maternally inherited in most plants, but can vary in some species.
Examples: Variegation in plants, where leaf color patterns are determined by chloroplast DNA.
Slide 5: Plasmid Inheritance
Plasmids: Small, circular DNA molecules found in bacteria and some eukaryotes.
Features: Can carry antibiotic resistance genes and can be transferred between cells through processes like conjugation.
Significance: Important in biotechnology for gene cloning and genetic engineering.
Slide 6: Mechanisms of Extrachromosomal Inheritance
Non-Mendelian Patterns: Do not follow Mendel’s laws of inheritance.
Cytoplasmic Segregation: During cell division, organelles like mitochondria and chloroplasts are randomly distributed to daughter cells.
Heteroplasmy: Presence of more than one type of organellar genome within a cell, leading to variation in expression.
Slide 7: Examples of Extrachromosomal Inheritance
Four O’clock Plant (Mirabilis jalapa): Shows variegated leaves due to different cpDNA in leaf cells.
Petite Mutants in Yeast: Result from mutations in mitochondrial DNA affecting respiration.
Slide 8: Importance of Extrachromosomal Inheritance
Evolution: Provides insight into the evolution of eukaryotic cells.
Medicine: Understanding mitochondrial inheritance helps in diagnosing and treating mitochondrial diseases.
Agriculture: Chloroplast inheritance can be used in plant breeding and genetic modification.
Slide 9: Recent Research and Advances
Gene Editing: Techniques like CRISPR-Cas9 are being used to edit mitochondrial and chloroplast DNA.
Therapies: Development of mitochondrial replacement therapy (MRT) for preventing mitochondrial diseases.
Slide 10: Conclusion
Summary: Extrachromosomal inheritance involves the transmission of genetic material outside the nucleus and plays a crucial role in genetics, medicine, and biotechnology.
Future Directions: Continued research and technological advancements hold promise for new treatments and applications.
Slide 11: Questions and Discussion
Invite Audience: Open the floor for any questions or further discussion on the topic.
1. Pollination
Department Of Botany
Prepared by
Dr. P. B. Cholke
(Assistant Professor in Botany)
Pune District Education Association’s
Anantrao Pawar College ,Pirangut,
Tal-Mulshi, Dist-Pune- 412115
5. Types of self pollination
• 1. Autogamy: transfer of pollen grains from anther to
the stigma of same flower.
• Ex: Pea
• Viola, Oxalis and Commelina produce two types of
flowers:
– Chasmogamous: exposed anther and stigma
– Cleistogamous: closed anther and stigma.
• Cleistogamous flower is invariably autogamous and
assured seed set even in the absence of the pollinator
• 2. Geitenogamy: transfer of pollen grains from anther
to the stigma of another flower of the same plant.
• Ex: Cucurbits.
6. Types of Cross pollination
• 1. Xenogamy: it is the transfer of pollen grain
from anther of a flower to the stigma of
another flower produced on different plant
belonging to same species.
• Ex Papaya.
7. • 2. Hybridization:
• it is the transfer of pollen grain from anther of
a flower to the stigma of another flower
produced on different plant belonging to
different variety, sub species or Species.
• Ex: Cotton
8. • Advantages of self pollination:
1. Since pollen grains are easily available, pollination
rarely fails. It is a sure method of pollination.
2. Flowers do not have to depend on external agencies
like wind, water and animals.
3. Minimum wastage of pollen. Thus, a more economical
method.
4. Pure line progeny can be obtained.
5. There is no wastage of energy for decoration of
flowers to attract insects.
6. There is no chance to obtain unwanted characters.
9. • Disadvantages of self pollination:
1. Progeny shows less vigor due to continued
self pollination.
2. No possibility of introduction of new
desirable characters
3. Undesirable characters cannot be eliminated.
4. It does not help in evolution.
5. Disease resistant capacity becomes less.
10. • Advantages of cross pollination:
• Progeny shows enhanced vigor.
• Offsprings are more viable and resistant.
• There is a possibility to get new desirable
characters.
• Yield of crop can be maintained.
• It helps in evolution.
• Undesirable characters of the plant can be
eliminated.
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11. • Disadvantages of cross pollination:
• Pollination may fail due to distance barrier.
• Flowers have to totally depend on the external
agencies for pollination.
• More wastage of pollen.
• It may introduce some undesirable characters.
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14. • Floral adaptations for anemophily :
Pollination carried out by wind is called as anemophily.
Flowers are small, numerous and inconspicuous
Stamens possess long filaments and anthers are
versatile
Pollen grains are smooth, dry and light in weight.
Flowers bear well exposed stamens so that they can be
easily dispersed by wind currents.
Pollen grains are produced in large numbers to
compensate their wastage.
To catch pollen grains, the stigmas become sticky, hairy,
feathery or branched.
Flowers are devoid of scent, nectar, etc.
• e.g. Grasses, Maize, Jowar, Sugarcane, etc.
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16. • Floral adaptations for hydrophily :
Pollination carried out by water is called hydrophily.
Flowers are small, inconspicuous and unisexual.
Floral parts and pollen grains are unwettable, i.e.
coated with mucilage.
In plants with submerged female flowers, the pollen
grains have specific gravity equal to or slightly greater
than water.
In plants with floating female flowers, the pollen-
grains have specific gravity less than that of water.
• Stigma is long and sticky.
• Scent, colour and nectar absent in flowers.
• e.g. Vallisneria, Ceratophyllum
17. Types
A) Hypohydrophily :
• Pollination that takes place with the help of
water below the water surface in hydrophytes
bearing submerged female flowers is called
hypohydrophily. e.g. Zostera and
Ceratophyllum.
• B) Epihydrophily :
• When pollination occurs on the surface of
water, it is called epihydrophily. e.g. Vallisneria
18. • In Vallisneria, epihydrophily type of pollination
takes place.
• Vallisneria is a dioecious plant (male and female
flowers are produced on different plants) and
flowers are submerged.
• At the time of maturity, the male flowers are
detached from the male inflorescence and begin
to float on water surface.
• The female flowers have coiled, long pedicel
which undergoes uncoiling at the time of maturity
and reaches the water surface.
• The male flowers surround the female flower
and undergo anthesis due to which pollen grains
are deposited on the stigma of female flower
and cross pollination is achieved.
21. • Floral adaptations for entomophlly :
Pollination carried out by insects is called as
entomophily (bees are most common agents).
Flowers are large and attractive.
Flowers have attractive bright colors, with
pleasant fragrance and nectar gland.
In some plants, additional modifications are
made to attract insects. e.g. Corona in passion
flower and petalloid bracts in Bougainvillea.
Pollen grains possess spiny or rough outer wall.
Stigma has rough and sticky surface.
22. • To favour insect pollination, some plants
develop special mechanism e.g. liver
mechanism in Salvia.
• e.g. Jasmine, Rose, Salvia, Bougainvillea.
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24. lever-mechanism or turn-pipe
mechanism In Salvia.
i) In Salvia, flower is bisexual and protandrous, i.e. anthers
mature earlier than stigma.
ii) The two stamens of flower have long bifurcated connective.
iii)Upper branch of connective bears fertile anther lobe, while
lower has sterile anther lobe.
iv)When an insect enters the flower, it pushes the lower sterile
lobes. As a result, the upper fertile anther lobe bends down.
v) The fertile anther lobe comes in contact with back side of
insect body and pollen grains are dusted there.
vi)When the same insect visits another flower with matured
gynoecium, the pollen grains are picked up by the receptive
stigma.
vii) This mechanism is called lever-mechanism or turn-pipe
mechanism.
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27. • Floral adaptations for ornithophily :
Pollination carried out by birds is called ornithophily.
Flowers are large with thick and fleshy floral parts.
Corolla is tubular or funnel shaped.
Flowers are with bright colours for attracting the birds.
Flowers lack fragrance as birds have poor sense of
smell.
Pollen grains are sticky.
Large amount of sugary nectar produced by the flower
is used as drink by the birds.
• e.g. Callistemon (bottle brush), Bignonia, Butea and
Bombax (silk cotton).
• The commonly pollinating birds are: crow, bulbul,
sunbirds and humming birds.
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32. • Floral adaptations for Chiropterophily :
• a) Pollination takes place with the help of bats.
• b) Flowers are large, stout enough so that bats
can hold on to the flowers.
• c) Chiropterophilous plants are nocturnal, i.e.
open their flowers during night time.
• d) Flowers emit rotten fruits like fermenting
fruity odour.
• e) Flowers have large number of stamens to
produce a considerably large quantity of pollen
grains.
• e.g. Anthocephallus (Kadamb),
Adansonia (Baobab tree), Bauhinia