The hornworts: important advancements in early land plant evolution

摘要: AbstractIn the last few years, a number of high-profile studies focused on land plant evolution have highlighted novel aspects hornwort biology and crucial position this group among early plants. For example, widely accepted comprehensive molecular analysis by which robustly recovered hornworts as sister to tracheophytes has recently been challenged. Using phylotranscriptomic approach, analyzed up 852 nuclear genes from 92 taxa, resolved plants, tracheophytes, or part bryophyte clade. Similarly, reanalyzed data published others monophyly bryophytes. These most recent rekindled debate about interrelationships, while other advanced evolutionary frontiers in unexpected ways. In review, we discuss emerging lines inquiry that place centre stage concentrate pervasive long-standing i...