This is a science-heavy podcast with a ton of fascinating info in it. We talk about the "Cheilanthoid ferns" as a case study for a number of interesting phenomena like convergent evolution, why selfing is beneficial in a desert if you're a fern, how the hell a fern grows in the desert to begin with, how spores can last for a century or more, how gametophytes can live for years in some cases, what the hell is a gametophyte anyway, etc......
Daniel White
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