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Natural selection sometimes favors large green surfaces on plants, sometimes small ones. But it doesn't matter whether the small leaves are leaves, leaflets, or pinnules. The tendency to have compound leaves, or not, is characteristic of plant families, not necessarily of natural selection
Natural selection sometimes favors large green surfaces on plants, sometimes small ones. But it doesn't matter whether the small leaves are leaves, leaflets, or pinnules. The tendency to have compound leaves, or not, is characteristic of plant families, not necessarily of natural selection
