Periodic Reporting for period 1 - miR156evo (The role of the miR156-SPL genetic network during land plant evolution: a comparative analysis of sporophyte development in divergent plant lineages)

Plants first colonised land ~470–515 million years ago. Prior to this the Earth’s terrestrial surface was an extremely inhospitable place, largely devoid of life. The arrival of plants on land from aquatic algal ancestors changed both the Earth’s surface and atmosphere...