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Plant evolution: landmarks on the path to terrestrial life
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Contents Summary 1428 I. The singularity of plant terrestrialization 1428 II. Adaptation vs exaptation – what shaped the land plant toolkit? 1430 III. Trait mosaicism in (higher‐branching) streptophyte algae 1431 IV. Conclusions: a streptophyte algal perspective on land plant trait evolution 1432 Acknowledgements 1432 ORCID 1433 References 1433 Summary: Photosynthetic eukaryotes thrive anywhere there is sunlight and water. But while such organisms are exceptionally diverse in form and function, only one phototrophic lineage succeeded in rising above its substrate: the land plants (embryophytes). Molecular phylogenetic data show that land plants evolved from streptophyte algae most closely related to extant Zygnematophyceae, and one of the principal aims of plant evolutionary biology is to uncover the key features of such algae that enabled this important transition. At the present time, however, mosaic and reductive evolution blur our picture of the closest algal ancestors of plants. Here we discuss recent progress and problems in inferring the biology of the algal progenitor of the terrestrial photosynthetic macrobiome.
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- Authors
- de Vries, J., & Archibald, J. M.
- Venue
- New Phytologist
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2018-01-10
- Volume
- 217
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 1428-1434
- ISSN
- 0028-646X (ISSN-L)
- 1469-8137
- OpenAlex
- W2783533637
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- 379
- References
- 1
- FWCI
- 9.89
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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