The protective layer of prehistoric land plants

Wednesday, March 8, 2017 - 13:31 in Biology & Nature

Biologists have discovered a mechanism in mosses that was crucial for the evolution of ecosystems on land. The investigators discovered this mechanism that facilitated the evolutionary transition of plants from fresh water to land in the moss Physcomitrella patens.

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