To Live and Die in the Shadows: Ferns, Survival and Horizontal Gene Transfer
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Overview
180 million years ago, through a chance horizontal gene transfer, ferns acquired a much needed light sensor (neochrome) that allowed them to modify and survive in low light environments. We should all be so lucky.
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