Seeds remain in a dormant state as long as environmental conditions are not ideal for germination. The depth of this sleep is inherited from their mother. Researchers reveal how this maternal imprint is transmitted through fragments of 'interfering' RNAs, which inactivate genes, and that a similar mechanism enables to transmit another imprint, that of the temperatures present during the development of the seed. This mechanism allows the seed to optimize the timing of its germination. [1] From mother to child. Life moves on. Listen to your mother. But without listening. What you do… Is her… What you say… Is her… What you don’t do… That is her again… There is no effort needed to listen to your mother. You just have to stay silent and you will know. Do not try to do anything. Because every effort to listen to her, will make her disappear. Listen to the wind. By just standing still and feeling it. Try to catch the wind. And the wind will disappear… Don’t you feel it? You are already dead… But you try so hard not to…
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