Shining fresh light on the evolution of photosynthesis.
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Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 24082996.
- Also identified by DOI 10.7554/eLife.01403 and PMC identifier 3786322.
- Licence recorded as CC BY.
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Abstract
There are two types of photosynthesis, C3 and C4, and computational techniques have been used to explore how C4 plants evolved from their C3 ancestors.
Medical subject headings
- Biological Evolution
- Photosynthesis