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The Road to C4 Photosynthesis: Evolution of a Complex Trait via Intermediary States.

Plant & cell physiology - 1 May 2016

Schlüter Urte, Weber Andreas P M

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C4 photosynthesis enables high photosynthetic energy conversion efficiency as well as high nitrogen and water use efficiencies. Given the multitude of biochemical, structural and molecular changes in comparison with C3 photosynthesis, it appears unlikely that such a complex trait would evolve in a single step. C4 photosynthesis is therefore believed to have evolved from the ancestral C3 state via intermediary...

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PMID: 26893471
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcw009

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