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Angiosperms: Evolution & Diversity by AUBREY JOY SALE is a document available to read on EtoBox.

1) The earliest fossils of flowering plants are pollen grains dated to more than 130 million years ago, though no fossilized flowers or leaves have been found from this period. 2) Two key evolutionary transformations were the development of carpels that enclosed the ovules instead of leaving them exposed, and the evolution of double fertilization which is universal to flowering plants. 3) Basal angiosperms like Amborella and water lilies diverged early in flowering plant evolution and retain features mor

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AUBREY JOY SALE

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