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Editorial
. 2024 Nov 18;379(1914):20240253.
doi: 10.1098/rstb.2024.0253. Epub 2024 Sep 30.

Current and future perspectives for enhancing our understanding of the evolution of plant metabolism

Jan de Vries  1   2   3 , Sophie de Vries  1 , Alisdair R Fernie  4
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Editorial

Current and future perspectives for enhancing our understanding of the evolution of plant metabolism

Jan de Vries et al. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. .

Abstract

The special issue 'The evolution of plant metabolism' has brought together original research, reviews and opinions that cover various aspects from the full breath of plant metabolism including its interaction with the environment including other species. Here, we briefly summarize these efforts and attempts to extract a consensus opinion of the best manner in which to tackle this subject both now and in the future. This article is part of the theme issue 'The evolution of plant metabolism'.

Keywords: evolution; metabolism; specialization.

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Conflict of interest statement

We declare we have no competing interests.

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