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University of Copenhagen Discovery of RAK1 Protein Offers New Insight Into How Plants First Evolved to Grow on Land

(IN BRIEF) Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have discovered a previously unknown protein, named RAK1, that may help explain how plants evolved from simple flat-growing organisms into complex land plants capable of three-dimensional growth. Studied in the model moss … Read the full press release