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News Release 06-084
Ancient Plant Provides Clues to Evolutionary Mystery
Novel reproductive structure in a South Pacific plant may be missing link between flowering plants and their ancestors
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Amborella trichopoda, a plant species found in rain forests of New Caledonia in the South Pacific, first appeared on Earth 130-million years ago. New data provided evidence that this "living fossil" may be a crucial link between modern flowering plants and their predecessors.
Credit: Thomas J. Lemieux, University of Colorado at Boulder
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By studying the reproductive structures of the ancient flowering plant Amborella, scientists are learning more about evolutionary processes.
Credit: Thomas J. Lemieux, University of Colorado at Boulder
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