How the 'Diamond of the Plant World' Helped Land Plants Evolve

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Recorded09 Nov 2022

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Structural studies of the robust material called sporopollenin reveal how it made plants hardy enough to reproduce on dry land. Read more at QuantaMagazine.org. Music is “Redwood Trail” by Audionautix.

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