The evolution of the duckweed ionome mirrors losses in structural complexity.
Kellie E SmithMin ZhouPaulina FlisDylan JonesAnthony BishoppLevi YantPublished in: Annals of botany (2024)
These data underscore the impact of root loss, and reveal the very fine scale of microevolutionary variation in hyperaccumulation and exclusion of a wide range of elements. Broadly, they may point to trade-offs not well recognized in ionomes.