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Survival Instincts

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 🔐 Charles Darwin's Origin of species  explains how survival instincts are acquired through adaptations and conveyed to generations by learning or by genetic transmission. Everyday life in the wild is a continual struggle to survive and remain in existence. Plants and animals have through time evolved to defend themselves against herbivory or predation. The predator-prey relationship is a perpetually dynamic one. Both kinds endlessly develop tactics and schemes by which they must survive. For example, if a predator discovers a strategy demonstrated by the prey, the predator modifies its tactics to overcome the challenge. In this article, we shall review mechanisms developed by preys that enable them to survive through time.  In the constant struggle for survival between predators and prey, prey has evolved traits and mechanisms to avoid being devoured. These behaviours include visual information-transmission techniques (such as camouflaging, cryptic and colour display, self decora

Does The Future Of Humanity Lie In Algae?

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🔑 Genetic engineering enhances biofuel production by producing strains with desired traits and better energy conversion. 🔑  Crude oil (fossil fuels) originated from organisms such as algae that died and decayed millions of years ago. Algae vary in size from microalgae (microscopic, filamentous and colonial forms of algae) to macroscopic kinds (such as seaweeds). They are absolutely ecologically important photosynthetic eukaryotic organisms and are the found af the aquatic food chain. They are the principal oxygen producers responsible for the production of over 50% of atmospheric oxygen. They are found almost anywhere in the world, dwelling on rocks, soils, water, and even on biological surfaces (epiphytes and epizoids). Microphytes are phytoplankton usually found in marine environments and are quite common. They exist in microscopic unicellular or colonial forms. Common examples of these algae are volvox, Chlamydomonas, and the euglena. Plants such as kelp  (a common plant found in