New insights into plants' conquest of land
Thursday, July 19, 2018 - 20:10
in Paleontology & Archaeology
The ancestors of land plants were string-like (2D), aquatic green algae that looked very different from the three-dimensional (3D), upright stems and leaves of plants we are familiar with today. Now, researchers have revealed exciting insights into how land plants evolved these 3D forms that were crucial for their advancement onto land.