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Cross sections of C3 rice (left) and C4 sorghum (right) shoots. Both grain crops evolved from a common ancestor, but sorghum evolved to photosynthesize more efficiently. LA JOLLA (November 20, ...

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This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract In C₄ plants, the vascularization of the leaf is extended to include a ring of photosynthetic bundle sheath cells, which have essential and ...

The study reveals how Balanophora plants function despite abandoning photosynthesis and, in some species, sexual reproduction ...

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