The origin of a land flora fundamentally shifted the course of evolution of life on earth,
facilitating terrestrialization of other eukaryotic lineages and altering the planet's geology …

There can be no doubt that early land plant evolution transformed the planet but, until
recently, how and when this was achieved was unclear. Coincidence in the first appearance …

The evolution of land flora transformed the terrestrial environment. Land plants evolved from
an ancestral charophycean alga from which they inherited developmental, biochemical, and …

To date, little is known about the evolution of fern genomes, with only two small genomes
published from the heterosporous Salviniales. Here we assembled the genome of Alsophila …

Plant cells biosynthesize primary cell walls (PCW) in all cells and produce secondary cell
walls (SCWs) in specific cell types that conduct water and/or provide mechanical support …

Since the discovery two decades ago that transgenes are efficiently integrated into the
genome of Physcomitrella patens by homologous recombination, this moss has been a …

The phenylpropanoid pathway serves as a rich source of metabolites in plants and provides
precursors for lignin biosynthesis. Lignin first appeared in tracheophytes and has been …

One of the classical research plants in plant biology, Marchantia polymorpha, is drawing
attention as a new model system. Its ease of genetic transformation and a genome …

Plant‐specific NAC proteins constitute a major transcription factor family that is well‐known
for its roles in plant growth, development, and responses to abiotic and biotic stresses. In …

Embryophytes (land plants) can be found in almost any habitat on the Earth's surface. All of
this ecologically diverse embryophytic flora arose from algae through a singular evolutionary …