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Morphology shaped community dynamics in early animal ecosystems
Early animals from the Avalonian Ediacaran look unlike anything alive today. We used community ecology techniques to understand succession processes, tiering, and community composition.
Heterochrony of plant meristem: unusual organogenesis of Monophyllaea
We discovered a unique plant meristem that seems to be evolved by neoteny of the shoot apical meristem from studies of one-leaf plant, Monophyllaea.