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  "path": "/hidden-dna-in-plants-reveals-a-400-million-year-evolutionary-secret/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-03-12T18:00:28.000Z",
  "site": "https://scitechdaily.com",
  "tags": [
    "Biology",
    "Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory",
    "DNA",
    "Evolution",
    "Plant Science"
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  "textContent": "Researchers uncovered millions of ancient plant DNA switches—some older than flowering plants themselves—revealing a hidden evolutionary blueprint stretching back 400 million years. Most people have heard the phrase deep space, but scientists also study something known as deep time. Modern genetics now allows researchers to trace biological history far deeper into the past than once [...]",
  "title": "Hidden DNA in Plants Reveals a 400 Million Year Evolutionary Secret"
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