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

This diagram shows the evolution of land plants drawn in a way that highlights the development of fruits and seeds as the culminating point. (Image credit: Laurenprue216/Wikipedia , CC BY-SA ) ...

This diagram shows the evolution of land plants drawn in a way that highlights the development of fruits and seeds as the culminating point. Laurenprue216/Wikipedia , CC BY-SA ...

But the earliest chapter of plant evolution isn’t well documented in the fossil record. So researchers have turned to living organisms, particularly their DNA, for hints as to how land plants ...

Researchers have achieved a breakthrough in understanding how genetic drivers influence the evolution of a specific photosynthesis mechanism in Tillandsia (air plants). This sheds light on the ...