The alga Coleochaete. Researchers looked at DNA and data from fossil evidence to figure out when and how this alga evolved its disc-shaped, branching form rather than simple filaments. (IMAGE)

University of Göttingen

The alga Coleochaete. Researchers looked at DNA and data from fossil evidence to figure out when and how this alga evolved its disc-shaped, branching form rather than simple filaments.

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The alga Coleochaete. Researchers looked at DNA and data from fossil evidence to figure out when and how this alga evolved its disc-shaped, branching form rather than simple filaments.

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Tatyana Darienko

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