interesting part of this organism is that it has land plant characteristics even though it is only
found in the water. This is said to maybe a new evolution in the plant because of how large the
cell is, it needed these almost leaf like ends to survive. This was an amazing discovery and
with this raises so many questions for the scientist.
The lab reports main focus was on two things, the RNA and the leaf like stems. The RNA
being different in different parts of the Caulerpa is a huge step in a the biological community
because with this come the thought of, what if there are other cells with different forms of RNA
found right inside one cell? Frankly, our results have caused us to think about plant structure
from an entirely different perspective, which is the most important outcome from this research,
says Dr. Chitwood in the news article.
The other huge discovery is the fact that this single celled organism is growing the leaf
like ends. These ends show that this green algae has evolved to adapt to its environment
underwater and to provide itself a tool to obtain the sunlight it needs by giving itself as much
surface area as it can with its leaves just like a tree. Another big reason for this is because it has
never been seen before in a single cell organism, only in complex multicellular organisms,
meaning this is a big discovery that will be researched further later on. "Our work on Caulerpa
has given me and my team a whole new way of thinking about plant structure and development,"
said Dr. Chitwoood. These discoveries within just one study of the Caulerpa is the reason why
scientist do what they do, to make these new discoveries, these new advances in all fields; huge
discoveries such as this are the reason why our knowledge further increases about this world.