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A critical transition in leaf evolution facilitated the Cretaceous angiosperm revolution

The revolutionary rise of broad-leaved (flowering) angiosperm plant species during the Cretaceous initiated a global ecological transformation towards modern biodiversity. Still, the mechanisms involved in this angiosperm radiation remain enigmatic. Here we show that the period of rapid angiosperm e...

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Autores principales: de Boer, Hugo Jan, Eppinga, Maarten B., Wassen, Martin J., Dekker, Stefan C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Pub. Group 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3514505/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23187621
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms2217