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Origin of Land Plants (Hardcover)

by Linda E. Graham (Author) "At the edge of a lake, the contrast between the sparse plant growth on the wave-washed sandy shore and the abundant, green vegetation of adjacent..." (more)
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A critical, synthetic and comprehensive account offering discussion of early environments, the history of thought on land plant origins, various approaches used to study early plant evolution and the characteristics of green algae. Includes new ideas regarding evolution, comparative studies of fossil plants and carbon availability. Features abundant illustrations and an extensive bibliography.

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This text describes the earliest stages of the population of the Earth by plants. It offers new data from electron and fluorescence microscopy studies, modern molecular systematics, modern biochemical techniques and results from paleontology, paleochemistry and paleoclimatology. A central thesis is that the study of simple plant-like organisms is essential in understanding the biology of the more complex higher plants upon which humans and the biosphere depend
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