And it just keeps on growing.🌳
A team of researchers from the University of Western Australia and Flinders University has discovered what they believe to be the largest plant on Earth: a gigantic network of seagrass meadows, , off the coast of Western Australia, covering more than 77 square miles , according to a recent study publishedThe meadow network is essentially one single plant that has grown from just one"colonizing" seedling.
The researchers determined that it was at least 4,500 years old. And, aside from its immense size, what distinguishes this seagrass plant from other giant seagrass clones is that it contains twice as many chromosomes as its oceanic relatives, indicating that it is a polyploid.“Whole genome duplication through polyploidy – doubling the number of chromosomes – occurs when diploid ‘parent’ plants hybridise.
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