Hierarchical organization of Plant structures ,Plant organs

Whiteboard screenshots of today’s chatshaala:1/07/2024

Questions addressed in today’s chatshaala:1/07/2024

1)How to change the color of a flower?

2)What is the importance of flowers in plants?
Can cardamine be used to address these questions? How can genetic engineering be done using cardamine?

Reference shared in today’s chatshaala:

. Moreover, transformation of RCO from
C. hirsuta into A. thaliana was sufficient to reverse this
evolutionary transition and make the A. thaliana leaf more
complex (Figure 2). This result provides a rare example
where the presence or absence of a single gene has a key
role in shaping diversity. https://pure.mpg.de/rest/items/item_2326721/component/file_2326719/content

Isogamous is a type of sexual reproduction in which male and female gametes have similar morphology. They have similar shape and size. Anisogamous is a type of reproduction in which male and female gamete have different morphology. What is isogamous, anisogamous and oogamous reproduction?

Cardamine flower:

Reference of the photo:


Different coloured flowers in 10’o clock plant.
CUBE Homelab cherukkad Kozhikode.Photo: Theertha.
The flowers are 2.5–3 cm diameter with five petals, variably red, orange, pink, white, and yellow.