Ancestral desiccation tolerance tools repurposed throughout plant evolution

Trends Genet. 2024 Apr 24:S0168-9525(24)00094-5. doi: 10.1016/j.tig.2024.04.007. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe ability to tolerate and recover from desiccation is an adaptation that permitted primitive plants to colonize land, and it persists in select species today. Zhang et al. dissected desiccation tolerance in moss species, and traced a key regulator through evolution to identify a conserved mechanism of water sensing in angiosperms.PMID:38664114 | DOI:10.1016/j.tig.2024.04.007

Source: Trends in Genetics : TIG - April 25, 2024 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Alyssa Kearly Source Type: research