Gravity: one of the driving forces for evolution

被引:62
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作者
Volkmann, D. [1 ]
Baluska, F. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Bonn, Inst Zellulare & Mol Bot, D-53115 Bonn, Germany
关键词
gravity; evolution; antigravitational material; extracellular matrix; cell wall; tensegrity; vesicular recycling;
D O I
10.1007/s00709-006-0200-4
中图分类号
Q94 [植物学];
学科分类号
071001 ;
摘要
Mechanical load is 10(3) larger for land-living than for waterliving organisms. As a consequence, antigravitational material in form of compound materials like lignified cell walls in plants and inineralised bones in animals occurs in land-living organisms preferentially. Besides cellulose, pectic substances of plant cell walls seem to function a's antigravitational material in early phases of plant evolution and development. A testable hypothesis including vesicular recycling processes into the tensegrity concept is proposed for both sensing of gravitational force and responding by production of anti gravitational material at the cellular level.
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页数:6
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