The origin and early evolution of land plants in the mid-Palaeozoic era, between about 480
and 360 million years ago, was an important event in the history of life, with far-reaching …

▪ Abstract The Siluro-Devonian primary radiation of land biotas is the terrestrial equivalent of
the much-debated Cambrian “explosion” of marine faunas. Both show the hallmarks of …

The evolutionary emergence of land plant body plans transformed the planet. However, our
understanding of this formative episode is mired in the uncertainty associated with the …

Reconstructing the origin and evolution of land plants and their algal relatives is a
fundamental problem in plant phylogenetics, and is essential for understanding how critical …

Background Next-generation sequencing has provided a wealth of plastid genome
sequence data from an increasingly diverse set of green plants (Viridiplantae). Although …

This text, written by a leading researcher in the field, describes the origin and formation of
lakes in order to give context to the question of how lacustrine deposits form. It explains the …

Over the past two decades, molecular phylogenetic data have allowed evaluations of
hypotheses on the evolution of green algae based on vegetative morphological and …

Bryophytes were a pivotal step in land plant evolution, and their significance in the
regulation of ecosystems and the conservation of biodiversity is becoming increasingly …

The phylogenetic structure of ferns (= monilophytes) is explored here, with a special focus
on the early divergences among leptosporangiate lineages. Despite considerable progress …

The evolutionary history of life includes two primary components: phylogeny and timescale.
Phylogeny refers to the branching order (relationships) of species or other taxa within a …