Plant Genome Duplication May Explain Flowering Plant Survival After the Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid
Nature World News | 09.05.2026 16:48
Sixty-six million years ago, a massive dinosaur-killing asteroid changed life on Earth forever. The impact triggered one of the deadliest mass extinctions in history, wiping out the dinosaurs and countless other species. Yet while animals struggled to survive, many flowering plants endured the chaos and later spread across the planet. A recent study now suggests that plant genome duplication may explain why some plant species survived one of Earth's darkest periods.
