Regulation of UV-Induced Flavonoid Production in Marchantia polymorpha

A role in the evolution of plants for land colonisation?

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https://doi.org/10.19232/uv4pb.2016.1.13

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ultraviolet radiation, bryophytes, flavonoids

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Plants are thought to have colonized the land around 500 million years ago. One of the major challenges the first pioneers faced was protection against UV radiation. UV has severe detrimental effects on plant cells and was at particularly high levels during the period of land colonisation because the ozone layer was not fully developed. As the closest living relatives of the first land plants, bryophytes can help to inform us about systems that have an early evolutionary origin.

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2016-06-20

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Jordan, B., Albert, N., Clayton, W., Deroles, S., Schwinn, K. and Davies, K. (2016) “Regulation of UV-Induced Flavonoid Production in Marchantia polymorpha: A role in the evolution of plants for land colonisation?”, UV4Plants Bulletin. Helsinki, Finland, 2016(1), pp. 17–19. doi: 10.19232/uv4pb.2016.1.13.

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