Genomic analysis sheds light on how seagrasses conquered the sea
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Genomic analysis sheds light on how seagrasses conquered the sea

Seagrasses provide the foundation of one of the most highly biodiverse‚ yet vulnerable‚ coastal marine ecosystems globally. They arose in three independent lineages from their freshwater ancestors some 100 million years ago and are the only fully submerged‚ marine flowering plants.