Episode Synopsis "Research shows first land plants were parasitised by microbes"

By studying liverworts – which diverged from other land plants early in the history of plant evolution – researchers from the Sainsbury Laboratory at the University of Cambridge have found that the relationship between plants and filamentous microbes not only dates back millennia, but that modern plants have maintained this ancient mechanism to accommodate and respond to microbial invaders.

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