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This month's Genome Watch describes how analysis of a basal member of the Plantae can inform us about the evolution of photosynthetic eukaryotes.
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Tsai, I. The first green revolution. Nat Rev Microbiol 10, 314 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro2781
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