The time it took to accumulate key adaptations meant delays of tens of millions of years.
Tag - plant evolution
Erin Zimmerman
Going below ground: how some of the diversity in plant root morphology arose
A major transition in plant growth habit may have driven evolution of certain root traits
Liam Elliott
The evolution and ecology of plant architecture
Ecological factors affect the distribution of plant architectural diversity and shape its evolution, and future work integrating phylogenetically informed architectural data with ecological variables will continue to...
botanyone
Desert plants, got ’em covered…
This week Nigel turns his dry wit on desert plants, and finds a cuticle full of charm.
Nigel Chaffey
High levels of genetic diversity and population structure in an endemic and rare species: Implications for conservation
The analysis of genetic structure and variability of isolated species is of critical importance in evaluating whether stochastic or human-caused factors are affecting rare species. Low genetic diversity compromises the...
AoBPLANTS
The origin of the sporophyte shoot (Viewpoint)
The long-held notion that the sporophyte shoot is homologous with the seta of mosses has been questioned, but no alternative evolutionary model has hitherto been proposed. Ligrone et al. explore the origin of the...
