EEB340H1 Lecture 12: EEB340 Lecture 12.docx
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Appearance of the preprophase band for this shift. Parenchymatous growth linked to changes in cytoskeletal elements in the cell. Protonema: single cell layer thick (not parenchymatous) Preprophase band only in land plants only ones to have parenchymatous growth: not co-opted from algal ancestors. Plasmodesmata essential to communication and controlling cell growth and development and co-opted from algal ancestors. One of first modifications of land plants was orientation of core cells support and water conduction likely had lignin. By producting more water conducting cells in girth, plants can get larger land masses moved off the poles warmer, more water available, lots of plant growth radial axis, dichotomous branching stem main photosynthetic organ in lycophyta. Monopodial branching for calamites splitting of meristem. Lipidiodendrum was relative of lycopodium dichotomous branching. At carboniferous-permian time boundary, land masses moved to south pole again: glaciation, this time with low carbon dioxide levels, cooler and drier lepidiodendrum went extinct from loss of suitable habitat.