Two genomes of the closest algal sisters to land plants were sequenced, providing potential evidence that bacterial genes were key in adapting to terrestrial stresses.
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de Vries, J., Rensing, S.A. Gene gains paved the path to land. Nat. Plants 6, 7–8 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-019-0579-5
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