An Algal Greening of Land.

Martin, William F; Allen, John F · Cell · 2018

basic_science · Level V

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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.

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