Phylotranscriptomics unveil a Paleoproterozoic-Mesoproterozoic origin and deep relationships of the Viridiplantae

Abstract The Viridiplantae comprise two main clades, the Chlorophyta (including a diverse array of marine and freshwater green algae) and the Streptophyta (consisting of the freshwater charophytes and the land plants). Lineages sister to core Chlorophyta, informally refer to as prasinophytes, form a...

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Main Authors: Zhiping Yang, Xiaoya Ma, Qiuping Wang, Xiaolin Tian, Jingyan Sun, Zhenhua Zhang, Shuhai Xiao, Olivier De Clerck, Frederik Leliaert, Bojian Zhong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-41137-5