How plants conquered the land

How plants conquered the land Leeds UK (SPX) May 20, 2016 - Research at the University of Leeds has identified a key gene that assisted the transition of plants from water to the land around 500 million years ago. The ANR gene is required to tolerate 'extreme dehydration' in the moss Physcomitrella patens, a land plant that is used as an experimental model. Researchers at the Centre for Plant Sciences at the University found that the ANR gene - pre ... more

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