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JOURNEY TO THE EDGE OF CREATION
EPISODE 15 — THE FIRST LAND ANIMALS: WHEN LIFE LEFT THE OCEANS
#LifeOnEarth #EvolutionaryHistory #Paleontology #NaturalHistory #Science #EarthHistory #everyone #follower #Everyone #twitter #video
Why a #molecularecological #process, triggered by a #plant for its own protection, initiates an #interaction involving the plant, its #insectpests, and the #predators of those pests.
#Floweringplants and #insects share a long, intertwined #evolutionaryhistory. This history has yielded many benefits; specifically, flowers have adapted to be #pollinated by insects. Reciprocally, highly specialized interactions, sometimes unique to particular plant and insect species, have evolved. However, these interactions encompass more than just, for instance, flowers that are morphologically adapted to attract very specific pollinators. From the insects' perspective, it was a "logical step" to visit plants not merely to feed themselves, but also to utilize them as #hostplants for their offspring. We have thus arrived at the subject of #parasitism. While this arrangement benefits the insect, the plant suffers a reduction in fitness due to the damage caused by insect #herbivory. To counteract this disadvantage, plants have evolved various mechanisms to limit the damage inflicted by plant parasites.
Authors N. Guayazán Palacios et al. (2026) have characterized a so-called #tritrophic interaction using the common #bean, #Phaseolus #vulgaris (#Fabaceae). In this interaction, leaf #immunereceptors detect #molecularpatterns present in #caterpillar saliva; in response, the plant both accelerates #woundhealing and releases a volatile compound that attracts #predatory #wasps. These wasps then rid the host plant of its parasites.
The existence of such #trophicinteractions between plants and multiple animal species has already longer been known. However, the precise mechanisms and ecological consequences of chemical communication among plants, pests, and beneficial organisms remained poorly understood under natural field conditions. Consequently, the researchers incorporated #fieldstudies, conducted in #Mexico, into their project alongside their laboratory investigations. The specific triggers to which the immune receptors on the leaf surface respond are known as herbivore-associated molecular patterns (#HAMPs).
The studies involved the examination of, among others, caterpillars of the corn borer and the beet armyworm #Spodoptera exigua, as well as #predatorywasps belonging to the species #Polybia sp. and Mischocyttarus sp.
In their discussion, the authors emphasize that the efficacy of this tritrophic reaction cascade is also contingent upon its ecological and #evolutionarycontext. In this regard, they cite the well-documented interaction, known from existing literature, between the wild tobacco plant Nicotiana attenuata and the tobacco hornworm Manduca sexta. In that specific system, the plant's defensive responses appear to be even more complex: in addition to attracting predators that prey on the larvae, the plant also actively inhibits the moth's egg-laying behavior.
The researchers anticipate that future studies utilizing the common bean system will further investigate intraspecific and interspecific competition among herbivores regarding host plant selection, as well as the interactions occurring between parasitoids and predators.
© #StefanFWirth, June 2026, Berlin
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N. Guayazán Palacios et al. (2026):
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© Stefan F. Wirth, AI assisted artistic illustrations showing the common bean in a field, based on my handdrawn storyboard sketch, manually edited, June 2026
Novedad Figura Monkey D. Luffy “Gear Fifth” One Piece “Evolutionary History” – Portrait Of Pirates – Megahouse.
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##Plesiosaur fossil analysis uncovers scales on flippers akin to modern sea turtles, offering new insights into its appearance and prompting a reevaluation of its #EvolutionaryHistory. @currentbiology https://t.co/dseglVzgMB https://t.co/WgdGJMK6EU
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🌍Basal #Anseriformes from the Early Paleogene of North America and Europe
🦆by Houde et al
Article Views 8399
Citations 9
#Paleontology #EarlyPaleogene #AncientBirds #Fossils #EvolutionaryHistory #Birds #PrehistoricLife
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Homo Sapiens: The Evolutionary Journey from Monkeys to Lord of the Rings
#HomoSapiensEvolution #EvolutionaryHistory #AncestralIntelligence #LanguageDevelopment #LordOfTheRings #HumanEvolution #IntelligenceGrowth #EvolutionaryBranch #AncestralSpecies #ImpactOnWorld
The Rise and Fall of Early Humans: The Neanderthal Conflict and Climate Change
#AncientHumanHistory #NeanderthalConflict #ClimateChangeEffects #IceAgeSurvival #EarlyHumanSocieties #AncientCivilizations #LevantineRegion #HumanExtinction #Paleoanthropology #EvolutionaryHistory
Beta diversity patterns in Andean rodents: current and historical factors as drivers of turnover and nestedness
https://t.co/jT1JFNUuXL
#AndesBiodiversity #RodentEcology #EvolutionaryHistory #AndeanRodents #SpatialPatterns #ClimateHistoryInteractions
Meet the Hominins: The lineage that Neanderthals, Denisovans, and Humans belong to dates back 700,000 years! 🧬🕰️ #EvolutionaryHistory https://t.co/wugffnHnCS
The Macadamia genome (M. integrifolia) was sequenced, revealing its heterozygosity, repetitive sequences, and divergent evolutionary history. Valuable insights for breeding and research. #MacadamiaGenome #EvolutionaryHistory #Breeding Details:https://t.co/vZa6lcTaTV
🥳🍾 New #JumpingBristletail paper in @WileyEcolEvol:
#EvolutionaryHistory of an #Alpine #Archaeognath (Machilis pallida) – insights from different variant
https://t.co/Unzutr9Gm5
@[email protected] @moestmar @uniinnsbruck @Women_N_STEM #PopulationGenetics #WomeninSTEM
Parallel pathways to heal #wounds and #infections hint at a shared #EvolutionaryHistory. In PNAS Journal Club: https://t.co/7mbgcMSNWu #cytokines #WoundHealing #pathogen
🥩 This groundbreaking study challenges our understanding of human evolution and diet, highlighting our carnivorous past. Let's embrace our history and learn from it!
#EvolutionaryHistory #CarnivoreDiet
Our new paper on #blisterbeetles is finally out on #InvertebrateSys, with new insights on the #evolutionaryhistory of the subfamily Nemognathinae. 🪲🧬
#Coleoptera #Meloidae https://t.co/xa6dYXuigY @CSIROPublishing
Last week @GilYardeni PhD did an EXCELLENT job defending her new title in front of @NormWickett, Clarisse Palma-Silva and Oleg Simakov. Her PhD thesis: https://t.co/A9xtmC4d55 and 👇🏽a sample of inferring #hybridization during the #evolutionaryHistory of #Tillandsia. @VDSEE_univie
The Social Brain and the Myth of #Empathy
The #SocialBrain comes with a distinctive back-story, an #EvolutionaryHistory organized around three interconnected themes:
Mind-Reading,
Empathy &
Emergence of Self-Consciousness
https://t.co/xo4sHkZwZk
New long-necked dinosaur helps rewrite #evolutionaryhistory of sauropods in #SouthAmerica @umich https://t.co/E0iDV6ZPgs https://t.co/6BGIm2PxMG
In a new study published in @PCP_EIC #TUS researchers discuss the #evolutionaryhistory of two-pore channels in the #liverwort Marchantia polymorpha
Read more here: https://t.co/OZBZLV2V8n
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#TwoPoreChannel #Vacuole #SlowVacuolarChannel
Researchers plan to reconstruct a detailed phylogenomic tree of #Medusozoa to trace the #evolutionaryhistory of jellyfish eyes and use comparative #transcriptomes and #singlecell #RNAsequencing to determine... @KU_EEB @AggiesByTheSea @ucsantabarbara https://t.co/Euwkxr3AJ6
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