The light-sensing molecules in plants came from ancient algae

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Jul 28, 2015, 7:40 am34 pts
The light-sensing molecules that tell plants whether to germinate, when to flower and which direction to grow were inherited millions of years ago from ancient algae, finds a new study from Duke University.The findings are some of the strongest evidence yet refuting the prevailing idea that the ancestors of…

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