Bilaterally symmetric axes with rhizoids composed the rooting structure of the common ancestor of vascular plants
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DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2017.0042
Abstract: There are two general types of rooting systems in extant land plants: gametophyte rhizoids and sporophyte root axes. These structures carry out the rooting function in the free-living stage of almost all land plant gametophytes… read more here.
Keywords: ancestor vascular; vascular plants; axes rhizoids; common ancestor ... See more keywords