March 2018 PMID 29456145

The Interrelationships of Land Plants and the Nature of the Ancestral Embryophyte.

Mark N Puttick, Jennifer L Morris, Tom A Williams, Cymon J Cox, Dianne Edwards, Paul Kenrick, Silvia Pressel, Charles H Wellman, Harald Schneider, Davide Pisani, Philip C J Donoghue

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Posts highlight the importance of the study's findings, such as emphasizing the monophyly of Bryophyta and challenging previous evolutionary models, with phrases like 'let's not forget' and references to specific research, demonstrating active interest and engagement in scientific debates about plant ancestry.

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Discussions oscillate between acknowledgment of the study's findings and skepticism about their implications, indicating no strong consensus.

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The varying references to the complex relationships among land plants and evolutionary models suggest a moderate level of curiosity and engagement with the scientific content.

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Abstract in brief

  • The study uses advanced genetic analysis to better understand the evolutionary relationships among early land plants, especially bryophytes (mosses, liverworts, hornworts) and vascular plants, and finds that Zygnematophyceae is closely related to land plants.
  • It supports the idea that bryophytes are a monophyletic group (all sharing a common ancestor) and suggests that the earliest land plant ancestor was more complex than previously thought, likely involving lineage traits that were lost or transformed in different groups.
  • The findings challenge previous models that placed liverworts at the base of land plant evolution, indicating instead that the ancestral embryophyte was more complex, leading to a need to revisit interpretations of early plant fossils and their evolutionary significance.]

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長谷部『陸上植物の形態と進化』p. 69 を開くと Puttick et al., 2018 が > 長年の混乱に終止符を打つことになった とある 論文 https://t.co/Euq5dHeSPC および解説記事 https://t.co/reSeR2Qrhe をみるとほんとにいろんな分岐が考えられてたのね

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@bellemare_jesse And let's not forget Bryophyta is a real (i.e., monophyletic) thing! Puttick, M.N. et al. 2018. The interrelationships of land plants and the nature of the ancestral embryophyte. Current Biology 28(5): 733-745. https://t.co/yNizablT5j https://t.co/rXdXAHSPoD

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maz
@dynamicsoar · X

長谷部『陸上植物の形態と進化』p. 69 を開くと Puttick et al., 2018 が > 長年の混乱に終止符を打つことになった とある 論文 https://t.co/Euq5dHeSPC および解説記事 https://t.co/reSeR2Qrhe をみるとほんとにいろんな分岐が考えられてたのね

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@bellemare_jesse And let's not forget Bryophyta is a real (i.e., monophyletic) thing! Puttick, M.N. et al. 2018. The interrelationships of land plants and the nature of the ancestral embryophyte. Current Biology 28(5): 733-745. https://t.co/yNizablT5j https://t.co/rXdXAHSPoD

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