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Fern spike (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 3 months ago by dantheclamman to c/wikipedia

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"the occurrence of unusually high spore abundance of ferns in the fossil record, usually immediately (in a geological sense) after an extinction event. The spikes are believed to represent a large, temporary increase in the number of ferns relative to other terrestrial plants after the extinction or thinning of the latter."

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[–] TropicalDingdong 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Also, ferns have some of the largest genomes that exist. And iirc, they are extremely polyploid. The suggestion as I recall from another age, is that if your goal is extreme redundancy of genetic data to prevent a loss of information, ferns have got you covered.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

The ferns shall inherit the earth.