Figure 6From: Unexpected complexity of the Aquaporin gene family in the moss Physcomitrella patensThe evolution of the MIP superfamily in plants. A schematic drawing of a likely scenario for the evolution of the MIP superfamily in plants. The ancestral plant is proposed to have had all seven subfamilies of MIPs found in extant mosses. The GIP and HIP were lost during the evolution of higher plants and subsequently the XIP subfamily was lost in monocots.Back to article page