Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Genomic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Genomic</span></a> analysis sheds light on how <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/seagrasses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seagrasses</span></a> conquered the sea<br><a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-01-genomic-analysis-seagrasses-conquered-sea.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2024-01-genomic-</span><span class="invisible">analysis-seagrasses-conquered-sea.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Seagrass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Seagrass</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/genomes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>genomes</span></a> reveal ancient <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/polyploidy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>polyploidy</span></a> and adaptations to the marine environment <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41477-023-01608-5" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/s41477-023</span><span class="invisible">-01608-5</span></a></p><p>"Seagrasses evolved from their <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/freshwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freshwater</span></a> ancestors only 3x. To do this required specialized ecological tolerance to high <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/salinity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>salinity</span></a>, lower light, a wide range of temperature tolerances, <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/underwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>underwater</span></a> carbon capture, different <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/pathogen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pathogen</span></a> defense, structural flexibility and underwater <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/pollination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollination</span></a>"</p>