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Type of algae linked to all land plant life
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Type of algae linked to all land plant life
By FAYE FLAM
Philadelphia Inquirer
Monday, December 24, 2001
Redwood trees and radicchio, cactus and carnations all owe their
existence to a single, ancestral land plant -- a pioneer that emerged
from a pond more than 470 million years ago and colonized what was
then a desolate, nearly lifeless landscape, scientists believe.
Richard McCourt, a botanist from the Academy of Natural Sciences
in Philadelphia, said he and colleagues have identified this mother
of all land plants as a close cousin of the stonewort. Stonewort, a
type of algae, still thrives ...
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