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From flat moss to forests and flowers: Protein discovery may explain how plants conquered land

If plants had never learned to grow in multiple directions, our world would look very different. No trees, flowers, or other complex plants—and therefore no animals or humans. New research from the University of Copenhagen now suggests that a specific protein in moss may have been crucial for this k...

From flat moss to forests and flowers: Protein discovery may explain how plants conquered land
Image: Phys.org
If plants had never learned to grow in multiple directions, our world would look very different. No trees, flowers, or other complex plants—and therefore no animals or humans. New research from the University of Copenhagen now suggests that a specific protein in moss may have been crucial for this key step in plant evolution—a step that made life on land possible.

Originally published at Phys.org

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