Defense mechanisms are rooted in Freud’s theory of personality.According to his model, the mind has three dueling forces: the id (unconscious and primitive urges for food, comfort, and sex), the ...

For this reason, plants have developed different strategies with which they ... signal molecules and plant hormones to ...

So plants have evolved many different defense mechanisms to inhibit this threat, including physical and chemical weapons. For ...

Particularly intriguing is her chapter entitled "A Form of Altruism," which describes "altruistic surrender," a different defense mechanism that uses projection and identification rather than ...

Fight-or-flight” is not an option for plants, unfortunately, when it comes to pathogen attacks. Instead, plants opt for “do-or-die.” A deeper insight into the genetic mechanisms that enable plants to ...

"This study helps reveal the underlying molecular biology that allows cells to re-enter the cell cycle after undergoing senescence, and we believe that similar mechanisms could be acting in a wide ...

The researchers are now trying to pinpoint the stimuli and mechanisms behind the different action patterns of the beetle. “We can return to the roots of science and gain beneficial insights by ...