REPURPOSED PATHWAYS. “We propose that this mechanism might have operated originally in the context of primitive plant apices to facilitate bifurcation. Recruitment of this pathway to form leaves occurred independently and in parallel in different plant lineages.” Another case of bolt-on evolution.
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v434/n7032/abs/nature03410.html
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022