The biology of C. richardii as a tool to understand plant evolution
The fern Ceratopteris richardii has been studied as a model organism for over 50 years because it is easy to grow and has a short life cycle. In particular, as the first homosporous vascular plant for which genomic resources were developed, C. richardii has been an important system for studying plan...
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| description | The fern Ceratopteris richardii has been studied as a model organism for over 50 years because it is easy to grow and has a short life cycle. In particular, as the first homosporous vascular plant for which genomic resources were developed, C. richardii has been an important system for studying plant evolution. However, we know relatively little about the natural history of C. richardii. In this article, we summarize what is known about this aspect of C. richardii, and discuss how learning more about its natural history could greatly increase our understanding of the evolution of land plants. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d59e02d01eb2406d93225229fd5a9ff12022-12-22T03:33:44ZengeLife Sciences Publications LtdeLife2050-084X2022-03-011110.7554/eLife.75019The biology of C. richardii as a tool to understand plant evolutionSylvia P Kinosian0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0918-7196Paul G Wolf1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4317-6976Negaunee Institute for Plant Conservation Science, Chicago Botanic Garden, Chicago, United StatesDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama, Huntsville, United StatesThe fern Ceratopteris richardii has been studied as a model organism for over 50 years because it is easy to grow and has a short life cycle. In particular, as the first homosporous vascular plant for which genomic resources were developed, C. richardii has been an important system for studying plant evolution. However, we know relatively little about the natural history of C. richardii. In this article, we summarize what is known about this aspect of C. richardii, and discuss how learning more about its natural history could greatly increase our understanding of the evolution of land plants.https://elifesciences.org/articles/75019Ceratopteris richardiinatural history of model organismsevolutiongenomicsfernsnatural history |
| spellingShingle | Sylvia P Kinosian Paul G Wolf The biology of C. richardii as a tool to understand plant evolution eLife Ceratopteris richardii natural history of model organisms evolution genomics ferns natural history |
| title | The biology of C. richardii as a tool to understand plant evolution |
| title_full | The biology of C. richardii as a tool to understand plant evolution |
| title_fullStr | The biology of C. richardii as a tool to understand plant evolution |
| title_full_unstemmed | The biology of C. richardii as a tool to understand plant evolution |
| title_short | The biology of C. richardii as a tool to understand plant evolution |
| title_sort | biology of c richardii as a tool to understand plant evolution |
| topic | Ceratopteris richardii natural history of model organisms evolution genomics ferns natural history |
| url | https://elifesciences.org/articles/75019 |
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