Plants that Rule the World

Jump into a time machine and take a look at ancient plants then and what we see today. This is a story of genes and how size can make a big difference when competing with other plants. Now we are not talking about plant size, we are talking about plant genome size.
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What if we had a time machine? - 00:09
A look back at the cretaceous period - 00:55
Gymnosperms and angiosperms - 01:04
Genome - 01:58
Stomata - 02:20
Downsizing - 03:13