Greetings from the Freiburg moss group.
#Physcomitrella #Sphagnum #Takakia

Just had a nice interview with a journalist.
We covered everything #moss: from evolution to special features to moss-made pharmaceuticals.
And ended with the living fossil #Takakia.
Very much looking forward to reading her article.
#scicomm #wisskomm

#Takakia facts: the plant with the lowest chromosome number. Oldest living plant fossil (165 mio. years). Specific form is adaptation to much warmer climate. Adaptive molecular traits to harsh environment in Tibet are evolving since 50 mio. years. Fastest evolving plant genome.

Climate Crisis Threatens World’s Oldest Moss Species Takakia, one of the fastest-evolving species ever investigated, it could have trouble adapting quickly enough to survive climate change. Read more here.

Climate Crisis Threatens World’s Oldest Moss Species
Cool #scicomm #Wisskomm on our #Takakia paper
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www.natureworldnews.com/articles/611...

Adaptive evolution of the enigmatic Takakia now facing climate change in Tibet The most extreme environments are the most vulnerable to transformation under a rapidly changing climate. These ecosystems harbor some of the most spe…

Nice spotlight in Trends in Plant Science about our #Takakia article in Cell www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Himalayan moss Takakia: a tale of its evolution, adaptation, and climate crisis
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