Ancestors of land plants revealed
Monday, April 18, 2011 - 03:20
in Paleontology & Archaeology
It was previously thought that land plants evolved from stonewort-like algae. However, new research published in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Evolutionary Biology shows that the closest relatives to land plants are actually conjugating green algae such as Spirogyra.
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