Novel Structure In South Pacific Plant May Be 'Missing Link' In Evolution Of Flowering Plants

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The Amborella plant. (Photo by Tom Lemieux)
The Amborella plant. (Photo by Tom Lemieux)

A new University of Colorado at Boulder study involving a "living fossil plant" that has survived on Earth for 130 million years suggests its novel reproductive structure may be a "missing link" between flowering plants and their ancestors.


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