#FYI #PaulBeckwith video lecture #phototrophy #photosynthesis #chlorophyll #retinal #ATP #plants #microorganisms #evolution #biology #biochemistry #science

Paul & Newton introduce a highly interesting paper on how and why plants/microorganisms developed #energy production from #sunlight twice differently.

(And yes, we also have rhodopsin in our eyes, we "see" with it. From the incoming light it produces electric signals for the brain.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qX0S87YSLA

On the Evolution of Life — Why Sunlight Capture Creating the Biosphere Evolved Twice and Only Twice

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#phototrophy #photosynthesis #chlorophyll #retinal #ATP #plants #microorganisms #evolution #biology #biochemistry #science

Original open access article

Burnetti et al. 02 February 2026, npj Complex 3, 9

Priority effects inhibit the repeated evolution of phototrophy

https://doi.org/10.1038/s44260-026-00069-z