Chinese Academy of Sciences
The theory that life begins in the ocean is widely accepted. The public, on the other hand, do not acknowledge the reality that many aquatic organisms are descendants of terrestrial organisms. Whales and dolphins are marine mammals that develop from land mammals, while all higher aquatic plants evolve from land plants. There are great differences between the terrestrial, freshwater, and marine environments. What genetic changes took place with the evolution of plants from terrestrial to aquatic, and eventually to marine states?
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