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Podcast: The Common Descent Podcast
Episode: Episode 235 - Aquatic Plants
Description: All plants need water, but some take it to the extreme. This episode, Dr. Aly Baumgartner joins us to explore the many life strategies of plants that live in the water. We’ll discuss the adaptations that allow them to lead an aquatic lifestyle, their evolutionary history as seen through genes and fossils, and the benefits that keep leading plants back to water.
In the news: fish diversity, ammonite survivors, gut microbes, and hiding dinosaurs.
Time markers:
Intro & Announcements: 00:00:00
News: 00:07:55
Main discussion, Part 1: 00:51:00
Main discussion, Part 2: 01:47:00
Patron question: 02:29:20
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