SO ENDS this discussion of the female heart of flowering plants, the carpel. This is a case study of the evolutionary importance and impact of a tiny structure, not only on a lineage of living things, but also on the planet. For with flowering plants came an ecosystem of insects, and nested in the insects, came their symbionts, and so on. It shows that biological innovation can be easily overlooked.
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022