Plant evolution: landmarks on the path to terrestrial life

New Phytologist

Volumn 217, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 1428-1434

  de Vries, Jan ^a   Archibald, John M ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

charophytes; evolution of biological complexity; freshwater algae; plant evolution; streptophyte algae; stress physiology; terrestrialization

Indexed keywords

ALGA; COMPLEXITY; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; SUBSTRATE; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ALGAE; CHARACEAE; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; STREPTOPHYTA; ZYGNEMOPHYCEAE;

ADAPTATION; EMBRYOPHYTA; EVOLUTION; MICROFLORA; MOSAICISM; PHYSIOLOGY; STREPTOPHYTA;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; EMBRYOPHYTA; MICROBIOTA; MOSAICISM; STREPTOPHYTA;

EID: 85040243986     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.14975     Document Type: Article

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