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Shaped by context: Evolutionary trajectories of desiccation tolerance in land plants
Desiccation tolerance (DT), the ability to survive near-complete cellular dehydration, is widespread in diaspores but rare in the …
Rose A. Marks
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R. Shawn Abrahams
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Jenna T. B. Ekwealor
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Growth–defence trade-off defines a diffusion limit. A commentary on ‘Boundary-line trade-off in bryophytes between UV photoprotection and photosynthetic capacity, but not desiccation tolerance’
A commentary on how bryophyte investment in UV protection may impose a diffusion limit on photosynthesis, while desiccation tolerance depends on a partly separate protective system.
Jenna T. B. Ekwealor
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Kevin A. Simonin
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