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Biological Psychology
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Moss sex driven by scent by Gisela Telis (2012).
Mating is a natural process observed in every living thing in its own unique way. While worms can reproduce in the opposite head position, the sexual intercourse between humans is completely a different phenomenon. A similar yet different reproduction method is used by the Mosses. The article written by Gisela Telis (2012) demonstrates the recent findings on the innovative mating procedure of the Mosses. The article also compares the recent findings with the earlier studies done in previous years and is related to the field of biological psychology as it focuses upon plant evolution and the idea of pheromones.
Telis (2012) has found out that Mosses require help from tiny little creatures to play an important role in their mating procedure. Earlier it was observed and widely believed that Mosses reproduce by wind and water. In essence, Mosses reproduce in a number of ways; asexually or by producing a male and a female organ and waiting for the sperm to travel from one part to the other. This travel is usually done with the help of rain and wind. Despite these modes, earlier studies have also discovered another medium through which sperms travel; arthropods. These little creatures help disperse the sperm from one part to the other and play a vital role in reproduction of the mosses. However, these studies have not considered the matter in great depth but have surely laid down the ground for future development on this subject as conspicuous from the research done by Telis (2012).
As a matter of fact, the findings of the earlier...
Consequently, a number of moss samples were tested for their reproductive features in the presence of rain and arthropods. It was observed that water and the tiny creatures are essential for Moss reproduction. This matter was currently studied in detail in order to get a better knowledge about the fertilization procedure. For this reason, the arthropods specifically the springtails were isolated and moved away from the Mosses to a place where they could not see or detect its presence but only smell them. It was gradually noticed that the springtails were attracted to the scent of the Mosses and went wild in the search of the source of the smell. Thus, the work by Telis (2012) depicts that since arthropods have been influential in the life cycle of plants, they also have a role in plant evolution. These findings have intrigued several researchers and experts who are of the opinion that Mosses and arthropods talk in the dark.
This recent interesting finding has opened a new room to research as it leaves out several important questions. Some of them include the mystery behind the type of scent attracting the tiny creatures. Moreover, other questions which may arise out of this finding include as to what benefit the arthropod gets in helping the Mosses reproduce and it may also be of great interest for the researchers to explore the mating behavior of the arthropods.
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