Aeroterrestrial Coleochaete (Streptophyta, Coleochaetales) models early plant adaptation to land

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 130-144

  Graham, Linda E ^a   Arancibia Avila, Patricia ^b   Taylor, Wilson A ^c   Strother, Paul K ^d   Cook, Martha E ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL BÍO BÍO   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

^d BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^e ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

AGAR; CAMBRIAN; CHAROPHYTE; DESICCATION; DIVERGENCE; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; MICROFOSSIL; PALEOBOTANY; PERSISTENCE; PIGMENT; QUARTZ; SURVIVAL;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; CELL WALL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DESICCATION; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT; PHYSIOLOGY; STREPTOPHYTA; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CELL WALL; DESICCATION; FOSSILS; HOT TEMPERATURE; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL; STREPTOPHYTA; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

ALGAE; COLEOCHAETALES; COLEOCHAETE; EMBRYOPHYTA; STREPTOPHYTA;

EID: 84858379503     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1100245     Document Type: Article

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