Gene co-option across scales shapes plant diversity.

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Of the different modes of evolution affecting plant diversification - novel genes, expansion and co-option - the latter holds an especially powerful framework for integrative biology. Beyond the intricate detail of any particular plant, a large-scale consideration of the plant tree of life reveals flowing gene histories inside species conduits, morphing and making their way to Darwin's "endless forms most...

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