2011) and exhibit a wide diversity of phenotypes, forming a continuum between typical wild plants (notably characterized by the presence of anthocyanin pigmentation in stem and head, seed dormancy and seed shattering, self-incompatibility, branching) and cultivated morphotypes (Muller et al. 2009).
Nowadays cultivated sunflower markedly differs from typical wild sunflower on a set of characters: absence of anthocyan pigmentation in stem and head, absence of seed dormancy and seed shattering, self-compatibility, absence of branching, bigger heads and seeds (Burke et al. 2002).
In both sexual abuse and devastating medical events, the sense of self is shattered, and this commonality may unite the disparate traumas in essential ways.
Their self-confidence shattered, American artists by the thousands began heading to France to learn their trade.
The latter half of the book, which takes place after his release, follows the unnamed protagonist -- and occasional narrator -- as he wanders the world, his relationships, career and self-image shattered by his experience.
Her dreams crushed, her smug self-confidence shattered, Marin cancels an appearance on "Oprah" to stay in Elmo, a town where men outnumber women 10 to 1, and hopes to observe the male species in the wild and write a new advice book.
One of the things that make us so special is an urgent desire to work hard and to achieve but that same quality makes us vulnerable to having our self-image shattered by failure or disrespect.
The Prado, left, is a marble maze of secrets, from Durer's shattering self-portrait to Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights, and a voyage through Spanish painting - so deep, dark and dramatic.
While such a statement may be attempting to distill a set of stories or concepts, the crude manner in which it is repeated, perpetuated, and culturalized grows quickly dangerous - including countless stories that follow a similar narrative of the shattering of self-perception and self-acceptance of a twelve-year-old.
Then I reached a stage where nothing worked, I tried new ventures and lost money, my ego was dented and my self esteem was shattered.
