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The Agavoideae: an emergent model clade for CAM evolutionary biology.
Annals of botany - 25 Nov 2023
Heyduk Karolina, McAssey Edward V, Field Richard, Leebens-Mack Jim
Abstract excerpt
Crassulacean acid metabolism - or CAM photosynthesis - was described in the early to mid-20th century, and our understanding of this metabolic pathway was later expanded upon through detailed biochemical analyses of carbon balance. Soon after, scientists began to study the ecophysiological implications of CAM, and a large part of this early work was conducted in the genus Agave, in the subfamily Agavoideae of the...
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