Towards a mechanistic understanding of branching innovations in plant evolution.
Posted by Jill Harrison on April 29th, 2015
Jill Harrison and Yoan Coudert. The conquest of land by plants was one of the most significant events in our planet’s history, and was underpinned by a series of innovations in plant architecture. Amongst these, the innovation of branching stands out in allowing plants to colonize new volumes of space in the subaerial environment.[…]