New research led by University of Goettingen scientists provides evidence that the first multicellular streptophytes likely lived about a billion years ago. Bierenbroodspot et al. sequenced 24 new transcriptomes of Klebsormidiophyceae and combined them with 14 previously published genomic and transcriptomic datasets. Image credit: Bierenbroodspot et al., doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.12.070. Streptophytes are best known as the clade of plants containing...
