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To grow or to flower: Genes IDed in early land plant descendant also found in modern crops

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Since they first arrived on land, plants have likely been using the same genetic tools to regulate whether they grow bigger or reproduce. The discovery was made using liverwort, one descendant of the first plants to move out of the ancient oceans and onto land.

Source: ScienceDaily.com