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Message 11 of 12 (599202)
01-05-2011 2:43 PM
Reply to: Message 4 by Tupinambis
01-05-2011 11:23 AM


Hi, Tupinambis.
Like Dr Adequate said, plant development allows a lot more deviance from the "norm" than animal development. It isn't all that unusual in plant evolution to see a feature or even an organ switch locations on the plant between closely-related species.
But, even without that, I could see a bowl-shaped flytrap easily transitioning over evolutionary time into a pitcher by simply becoming deeper and abandoning the sticky stuff. I could also see curled leaves easily transitioning over evolutionary time into a pitcher.

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