This video is related to a Cell paper analyzing the genome of the common liverwort (Marchantia polymorha). Learn more about the work at https://jgi.doe.gov/marchantialiverw....

The video depicts growth of female thalli of Marchantia polymorpha. Pictures were taken for 58 days, 1 picture/hour, starting from a twoweekold thallus. The whole sequence was compressed to 57 sec. After 24 days, farred light was added, which appears as 'jumping' at the tips of thalli. Female sexual organs (archegoniophores) grow upward after irradiation of farred light. (Video produced by K.T. Yamato & directed by T. Kohchi, Kyoto University) There is no audio.