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Abstract
It is hypothesized that terrestrial plants are the product of an ancient and continuing symbiosis of a semi-aquatic ancestral green alga and an aquatic fungus-an oomycete. The Siluro-Devonian "explosive" colonization of land, and indeed the very evolution of plants, was possible only through such mutualistic partnerships-partnerships that were equipped to cope with the problems of desiccation and starvation associated with terrestrial existence.Entities:
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Year: 1975 PMID： 1120179 DOI： 10.1016/0303-2647(75)90023-4
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biosystems ISSN： 0303-2647 Impact factor: 1.973