The Early Origins of Terrestrial C4 Photosynthesis

By B. Tipple, M. Pagani. 2007

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Subfields: Atmospheric Science, Molecular Biology, Paleontology

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The origins and diversification of C4 grasses and savanna‐adapted ungulates (2009, background): “…15, 2397–2417 Miocene C4 expansion was regionally heterogeneous rather than globally synchronous, indicating that local or regional environmental factors rather than global climatic factors drove C4 plant expansion mainly in warm regions of the globe (Tipple & Pagani, 2007; Edwards & Still, 2008).”
The age of the grasses and clusters of origins of C4 photosynthesis (2008, background): “Rubisco (ribulose 1,5,-bisphosphate carboxylase oxygenase), the enzyme that fixes CO2 in plants, binds O2, as well as CO2, a process known as photorespiration, which increasingly reduces the efficiency of photosynthesis as temperatures increase (Ehleringer & Monson, 1993; Tipple & Pagani, 2007).”
Biogeography of the grasses (Poaceae): a phylogenetic approach to reveal evolutionary history in geographical space and geological time (2010, background): “…understanding of grass evolutionary history is based on fossil data (Crepet & Feldman, 1991; Dugas & Retallack, 1993; Jacobs, Kingston & Jacobs, 1999), isotopic evidence (Cerling et al., 1997; Tipple & Pagani, 2007) and phytolith data (Prasad et al., 2005; Strömberg, 2005; Strömberg et al., 2007).”
New insight from old bones: stable isotope analysis of fossil mammals (2012, background): “…grasslands where C4 grasses are the dominant grass type today, d13C values of herbivore enamel record a dramatic increase in consumption of C4 grasses during the late Miocene (protracted rise from 8 3 106 to 3 3 106 years ago—Cerling et al. 1997; Edwards et al. 2010; Tipple and Pagani 2007).”
Photorespiration and the evolution of C4 photosynthesis. (2012, background): “Atmospheric CO2 concentration is estimated by models and various proxies to have exceeded 1,000 μmol mol−1 between 35 and 55 Mya, after which it declined to near current levels (390 μmol mol−1) by approximately 25 Mya (Figure 3) (133, 152).”
The antiquity of Madagascar’s grasslands and the rise of C4 grassy biomes (2008, background): “Palaeosol isotope signals indicate a geologically abrupt appearance of C4 dominated ecosystems simultaneously in Asia, Africa and the Americas some 7–8 million years ago (Cerling et al., 1997) or slightly earlier (Tipple & Pagani, 2007).”
Molecular phylogeny of Camphorosmeae (Camphorosmoideae, Chenopodiaceae): Implications for biogeography, evolution of C4‐photosynthesis and taxonomy (2011, background): “…corresponds to the finding that during this period the CO2 partial pressure dropped under the critical value of 500–600 ppm (Pagani & al., 2005; Tipple & Pagani, 2007) at which the CO2 concentration in the atmosphere becomes problematic in hot and dry environments (Ehleringer & al., 1997;…”
Extracting the most from terrestrial plant-derived n-alkyl lipids and their carbon isotopes from the sedimentary record: A review (2017, background): “The rise and evolution of C4 plants in the Miocene has been reviewed extensively (Tipple and Pagani, 2007; Edwards et al., 2010).”