scholarly journals The hornwort genome and early land plant evolution

Nature Plants ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jian Zhang ◽  
Xin-Xing Fu ◽  
Rui-Qi Li ◽  
Xiang Zhao ◽  
Yang Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Land Plant ◽  
Plant Evolution ◽  
Early Land Plant ◽  
Land Plant Evolution ◽  
Early Land

Diversification of fts Z During Early Land Plant Evolution

2004 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 154-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan A. Rensing ◽  
Justine Kiessling ◽  
Ralf Reski ◽  
Eva L. Decker
Keyword(s):  
Land Plant ◽  
Plant Evolution ◽  
Early Land Plant ◽  
Land Plant Evolution ◽  
Early Land

scholarly journals The timescale of early land plant evolution

2018 ◽  
Vol 115 (10) ◽  
pp. E2274-E2283 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer L. Morris ◽  
Mark N. Puttick ◽  
James W. Clark ◽  
Dianne Edwards ◽  
Paul Kenrick ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Clock ◽  
Fossil Record ◽  
Land Plant ◽  
Plant Evolution ◽  
Land Plants ◽  
Early Land Plant ◽  
Land Plant Evolution ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Earth’S System ◽  
Early Land

Establishing the timescale of early land plant evolution is essential for testing hypotheses on the coevolution of land plants and Earth’s System. The sparseness of early land plant megafossils and stratigraphic controls on their distribution make the fossil record an unreliable guide, leaving only the molecular clock. However, the application of molecular clock methodology is challenged by the current impasse in attempts to resolve the evolutionary relationships among the living bryophytes and tracheophytes. Here, we establish a timescale for early land plant evolution that integrates over topological uncertainty by exploring the impact of competing hypotheses on bryophyte−tracheophyte relationships, among other variables, on divergence time estimation. We codify 37 fossil calibrations for Viridiplantae following best practice. We apply these calibrations in a Bayesian relaxed molecular clock analysis of a phylogenomic dataset encompassing the diversity of Embryophyta and their relatives within Viridiplantae. Topology and dataset sizes have little impact on age estimates, with greater differences among alternative clock models and calibration strategies. For all analyses, a Cambrian origin of Embryophyta is recovered with highest probability. The estimated ages for crown tracheophytes range from Late Ordovician to late Silurian. This timescale implies an early establishment of terrestrial ecosystems by land plants that is in close accord with recent estimates for the origin of terrestrial animal lineages. Biogeochemical models that are constrained by the fossil record of early land plants, or attempt to explain their impact, must consider the implications of a much earlier, middle Cambrian–Early Ordovician, origin.

Different Fates of Two Mitochondrial Gene Spacers in Early Land Plant Evolution

2007 ◽  
Vol 168 (5) ◽  
pp. 709-717 ◽  
Author(s):  
Milena Groth‐Malonek ◽  
Theresia Rein ◽  
Rosemary Wilson ◽  
Henk Groth ◽  
Jochen Heinrichs ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mitochondrial Gene ◽  
Land Plant ◽  
Plant Evolution ◽  
Early Land Plant ◽  
Land Plant Evolution ◽  
Early Land

The hornworts: important advancements in early land plant evolution

2015 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 157-170 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Carlos Villarreal ◽  
Karen S. Renzaglia
Keyword(s):  
Land Plant ◽  
Plant Evolution ◽  
Early Land Plant ◽  
Land Plant Evolution ◽  
Early Land

Wall ultrastructure of the oldest embryophytic spores: Implications for early land plant evolution

2017 ◽  
Vol 60 (3) ◽  
pp. 281-288 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wilson A. Taylor ◽  
Paul K. Strother ◽  
Marco Vecoli ◽  
Sa’id Al-Hajri
Keyword(s):  
Land Plant ◽  
Plant Evolution ◽  
Early Land Plant ◽  
Wall Ultrastructure ◽  
Land Plant Evolution ◽  
Early Land

scholarly journals On plant defense signaling networks and early land plant evolution

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sophie de Vries ◽  
Jan de Vries ◽  
Janina K. von Dahlen ◽  
Sven B. Gould ◽  
John M. Archibald ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plant Defense ◽  
Land Plant ◽  
Plant Evolution ◽  
Signaling Networks ◽  
Defense Signaling ◽  
Early Land Plant ◽  
Land Plant Evolution ◽  
Plant Defense Signaling ◽  
Early Land
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