Duplikasi genom membantu tanaman berbunga bertahan dari kepunahan massal

Salinan tambahan materi genetik tampaknya telah meningkatkan kelangsungan hidup tanaman berbunga selama krisis lingkungan besar di Bumi, termasuk peristiwa yang memusnahkan dinosaurus.

Sebuah studi terhadap 470 spesies angiospermae menemukan 132 duplikasi genom kuno yang mengelompok di sekitar sembilan periode pergolakan antara 108 juta hingga 14 juta tahun yang lalu. Peristiwa ini mencakup pergeseran iklim, perubahan kadar oksigen, dan kepunahan massal, seperti dampak asteroid 66 juta tahun yang lalu pada akhir periode Kapur.

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