Abstract
Although it is known that novel genes facilitated plant colonization of land, the evolutionary origin of these genes remains largely unclear. A recent study by Cheng et al. suggests that some key genes related to plant development and stress responses were acquired from soil bacteria during the early evolution of land plants.
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