A recent New 杏吧原创 article 鈥淭he most ancient piece of you鈥� (4 November 2017) discussed the common ancestors of living beings today. But are plants included in this universal common ancestor? If so, are we linked to plants in very early stages of evolution?
Michel Osca Engelbrecht, York, UK
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