Evolution: The Flowering of Land Plant Evolution

Philip Donoghue

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2019.06.021

Evolution: The Flowering of Land Plant Evolution

Curr Biol. 2019 Aug 5;29(15):R753-R756. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.06.021.

Author

Philip Donoghue¹

Affiliation

¹ School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Life Sciences Building, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TQ, UK. Electronic address: phil.donoghue@bristol.ac.uk.

PMID: 31386854
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.06.021

Abstract

Two new studies that consider the timing of origin of angiosperms are poles apart in their estimates. However, their partisan molecular and palaeontological perspectives may hold the key to establishing a unified evolutionary timescale for flowering plants.

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Embryophyta*
Fossils
Magnoliopsida*
Paleontology
Phylogeny

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