evolutionary

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Scientists have struggled to determine whether this type of DNA, known as regulatory DNA, remains conserved in plants over long evolutionary periods.

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"It is a rare opportunity to study this evolutionary process which has happened countless of times in the wild over millennia."

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This ability may provide an evolutionary advantage by helping microbes navigate surfaces more effectively.

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"The exceptional lungfish skull unearthed in 410 million-year-old rocks in Yunnan gives us major insights into the rapid evolutionary diversification between the early-, mid- and late Devonian."

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Because hornworts share a closer evolutionary relationship with crop plants than algae do, researchers suspected their molecular tools might be easier to transfer.

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