TY - JOUR TI - The inevitability of C4 photosynthesis AU - Edwards, Erika J VL - 3 PY - 2014 DA - 2014/07/22 SP - e03702 C1 - eLife 2014;3:e03702 DO - 10.7554/eLife.03702 UR - https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.03702 AB - Elements of C4 photosynthesis—a complex adaptation that increases photosynthetic efficiency—may have evolved first to correct an intercellular nitrogen imbalance, and only later evolved a central role in carbon fixation. KW - Flaveria KW - C4 photosynthesis KW - evolution KW - plant evolution JF - eLife SN - 2050-084X PB - eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd ER -