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The position of “lower plants” on the tree of life

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It was shown that, in contrast to higher plants, lower plants are a group of organisms that are very different in origin and kinship.

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Original Russian Text © M.A. Gololobova, 2015, published in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk, Seriya Biologicheskaya, 2015, No. 6, pp. 589–596.

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Gololobova, M.A. The position of “lower plants” on the tree of life. Biol Bull Russ Acad Sci 42, 500–507 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1062359015060047

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