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Laura M. Cooper

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PaleontologyCurrent BiologyPeer-reviewedJun 23, 2026

Phloem evolved gradually and asynchronously to xylem in early vascular plants

Laura M. Cooper, Alexander J. Hetherington

This study re-examines phloem-like tissues in 407-million-year-old Rhynie chert fossils, identifying them as food-conducting cells lacking true phloem features and suggesting phloem evolved gradually after xylem.

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PaleontologybioRxivPreprintMar 14, 2025

Prototaxites was an extinct lineage of multicellular terrestrial eukaryotes

Corentin Loron, Laura M. Cooper, Sean McMahon…·Alexander J. Hetherington

The paper analyzes the anatomy and molecular composition of Prototaxites to determine its taxonomic classification, concluding it is not a fungus but an extinct terrestrial lineage.

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