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Bacteria-derived genes made it possible for plants to expand on land

A collaborative research group, including Assistant Professor Dr. Rumiko Kofuji of the Faculty of Biological Science and Technology, Master’s student Naoyuki Umakawa of the Department of Life Science, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology (at the time of the research), Kanazawa University, Special Collaborative Researcher Yuta Horiuchi of the National Institute for Basic Biology (at the time of the research: Doctoral student in the Department of Basic Biology, Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI), Assistant Professor Dr. Masaki Ishikawa, and Professor Dr. Mitsuyasu Hasebe, discovered that the evolution of protective structures for reproductive cells—key to plants’ successful colonization of land—was made possible by genes of bacterial origin.

The results of this research were published in the online Early View version of the British international scientific journal New Phytologist on December 31, 2024.

https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.20372
https://www.se.kanazawa-u.ac.jp/en/news/9678
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