A doctoral student has identified a long-overlooked pattern in how plants evolved their equivalent of lungs—tiny pores on the surfaces of leaves called stomata. Using specialized imaging techniques and a plant species not often found in laboratories, the researchers say this discovery reveals a key difference in the evolution of plants that live on land versus those that can grow in water.
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