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Un tipo simple de madera en dos plantas del Devónico temprano

Philippe Gerrienne1, Patricia G Gensel, Christine Strullu-Derrien

  • 1Département de Géologie, Université de Liège (U.Lg), B18 Sart Tilman, B-4000 Liège 1, Belgium. P.Gerrienne@ulg.ac.be

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|August 13, 2011
PubMed
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La evidencia más antigua del crecimiento secundario de las plantas, o formación de madera, se ha descubierto en pequeñas plantas del Devónico temprano. Este hallazgo sugiere que la evolución temprana de la madera fue impulsada por las necesidades de transporte de agua, no por el apoyo estructural.

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