How Did Plants Evolve? S01E06
“You shouldn’t make decisions when you’re hungry.” Tell that to the cell that ate a bacterium 1.5 billion years ago and set in motion the evolution of all plants on Earth. In this episode of Crash Course Botany, we’ll explore how plants came to exist, the forces that drive plant evolution, and how we know what Earth’s prehistoric dystopia was like before plants came along.
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What is Botany?
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What Are Plants Made Of?
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Plant Cells & Hormones
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What Do These Creepy Plant Mouths Do? (Plant Tissues)
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Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration
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How Did Plants Evolve?
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How Do We Categorize Plants?
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Why Don't These Plants Need Seeds? (Moss and Ferns)
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Why Do Flowers Exist? (Gymnosperms & Angiosperms)
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What Do Pea Plants Have To Do With Your Eye Color? (Mendelian Genetics)
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GMOs are Nothing New: Plant Breeding & Gene Editing
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The Secret Social Lives of Plants (Population & Community Ecology)
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How We ALL Get Our Energy (Plants & Ecosystems)
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Can Planting Trees Fix Climate Change? (Plants & Biomes)
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The Future of Botany
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