El fallo hidráulico como un impulsor principal de la evolución de la red xilemática en las primeras plantas

Martin Bouda1, Brett A Huggett2, Kyra A Prats3,4

  • 1Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, Průhonice, Czechia.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|November 10, 2022
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Resumen

La complejidad de las hebras de xilema de las plantas evolucionó para mejorar la resistencia a la sequía. Las formas más complejas del xilema limitan la propagación de la embolia, reduciendo el riesgo de falla hidráulica y explicando los patrones evolutivos.

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