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Physcomitrella
Sign in to savePhyscomitrella is a genus of mosses, containing two species. Physcomitrella patens is a model organism in laboratory research. Physcomitrella readeri is fairly similar, distinguished only by subtle characteristics. In fact, it has often been debated whether they should rightly be considered separate species, or a single species.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumBryophyta
- ClassBryopsida
- OrderFunariales
- FamilyFunariaceae
Physcomitridium là một chi rêu trong họ Funariaceae.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 27
- With media
- 25
- Family
- Funariaceae
- Collections
- US, MEL, MIN, MO, ILL
- Recorded in
- United States, Canada, Australia, Italy, Austria, France, Cameroon, United Kingdom
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Encyclopedic overview
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Physcomitrella is a genus of mosses, containing two species. Physcomitrella patens is a model organism in laboratory research. Physcomitrella readeri is fairly similar, distinguished only by subtle characteristics. In fact, it has often been debated whether they should rightly be considered separate species, or a single species.
Physcomitrella has been used as a model organism. It diverged from the flowering plants over 400 million years ago, so the difference between the groups indicates the changes in the genome that accompanied the adaptation of plants to living on land.
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