Genomes of multicellular algal relatives reveal evolutionary clues to plant origins

Berlin, Germany (SPX) May 06, 2024

Land plants, which dominate our planet's landscape, have developed from simple organisms into complex forms with diverse organs and cell types. This transformation, supported by a vast network of genes, facilitates the intricate shaping of plant structures through various molecular processes. This significant evolution began with a singular event-plant terrestrialization-when ancestors of