Polyploidy, or whole-genome duplication (WGD), is a major mechanism of genome evolution across the tree of life and is ...

Gametophytes produce gametes—eggs and sperm—which unite to form a fertilized egg capable of becoming a new sporophyte, thus completing a life cycle. While all plants exhibit alternation of ...

This process starts with the evolution of the plant spore and leads to the origin of plant tissues, organs, and eventually macroscopic, complete plants—perhaps somewhat akin to mosses living today.

Using genetic data from over 1,100 species, the team helped to create the most comprehensive evolutionary tree for green plants to date. Scientists build road map for 1 billion year evolution of ...

Her new book, When the Earth Was Green: Plants, Animals, and Evolution's Greatest Romance, looks at how plant fossils are telling the billion-years old tale of the evolution of complex life on ...

01/24/2024 10:41 Lost Diversity: The Evolution of Plant Life Over 5,000 Years Anja-Maria Meister Pressestelle Universität Bayreuth. The influence of humans is causing originally diverse ...

BEAUTY AND DIVERSITY: With 150 billion base pairs, Paris japonica boasts the largest known eukaryotic genome—50 times the size of the human genome. ALPSDAKE/WIKIMEDIA. W hat do cells, genes, mutations ...

The evolution of roots transformed life on Earth – and understanding them could help us to grow more resilient plants. More than 400 million years ago, in a patch of wafer-thin soil, a tiny ...