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Archive for the Amborella trichopoda tag

Genetic sequence unlocks the origin of flowers

December 20, 2013   •   Leave a Comment

The plant Amborella is found natively only in New Caledonian island of Grande Terre in the South Pacific. (Photo: Sangtee Kim)
The plant Amborella is found natively only in New Caledonian island of Grande Terre in the South Pacific. (Photo: Sangtee Kim)

Nature:

A shrub with cream-coloured flowers that is the closest living descendant of Earth’s first flowering plants has had its genome decoded. The sequence of Amborella trichopoda hints at the genetic adaptations that helped flowers to emerge and conquer the world some 160 million years ago — an evolutionary explosion described by Charles Darwin as an “abominable mystery”.

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