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RSL Class I Genes Controlled the Development of Epidermal Structures in the Common Ancestor of Land Plants.
Current biology : CB - 11 Jan 2016
Proust Hélène, Honkanen Suvi, Jones Victor A S, Morieri Giulia, Prescott Helen, Kelly Steve, Ishizaki Kimitsune, Kohchi Takayuki, Dolan Liam
Abstract excerpt
The colonization of the land by plants, sometime before 470 million years ago, was accompanied by the evolution tissue systems [1-3]. Specialized structures with diverse functions-from nutrient acquisition to reproduction-derived from single cells in the outermost layer (epidermis) were important sources of morphological innovation at this time [2, 4, 5]. In extant plants, these structures may be unicellular...
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