An Algal Greening of Land.
basic_science · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.cell.2018.06.034.
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Abstract
Photosynthetic eukaryotes arose ∼1.5 billion years ago by endosymbiosis with a cyanobacterium. Algae then evolved for a billion years before one lineage finally colonized land. Why the wait? The Chara braunii genome details a decisive step linking plant origins with Earth's history.
Medical subject headings
- Chara
- Eukaryota