Thomas Juel Ammitsøe

From flat moss to forests and flowers: Protein discovery may explain how plants conquered land

From flat moss to forests and flowers: Protein discovery may explain how plants conquered land Sadie Harley Scientific Editor Robert Egan Associate Editor If plants had never learned to grow in multiple directions, our world would look very different. No trees, flowers, or other complex plants—and therefore no animals or humans. New research from the University of Copenhagen now suggests that a specific protein in moss may have been crucial for this key step in plant evolution—a step that...