brown or green algal origins of Metaphyta?

[Ken Kinman]

On Tue, 17 Aug 1999 22:23:33 -0700,
  Curtis Clark wrote:
>     I'm not familiar with Miklausen's work, but, despite the remarkable
>convergence in some aspects between phaeophytes and vascular plants, there
>are many, many lines of evidence that refute that hypothesis.
>
MY QUESTION:
    I would be most interested in anyone's ideas on what are the strongest
lines of evidence that refute brown algal origins of metaphytes (and support
the traditional green algal origins).
    Also, if there are any good published accounts that discuss such lines
of evidence, I would be interested in hearing of them.  I have only skimmed
through Anthony Miklausen's 1997 book (The Brown Algal Origin of Land
Plants).  But as I evaluate it more carefully, such lines of evidence (or
reviews of this book, if any), would be valuable aids in evaluating his
ideas.
                         --Ken Kinman



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