title: Editorial: Charophytes: Evolutionary Ancestors of Plants and Emerging Models for Plant Research.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Skidmore Microscopy Imaging Center, Skidmore College New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Domozych
authors.affiliation: Plant Biology Section, School of Integrative Plant Sciences, Cornell University Ithaca, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Iben
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sørensen
authors.affiliation: Botany and Plant Sciences, School of Natural Science, National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland.
authors.forename: Zoë A
authors.initials: ZA
authors.lastname: Popper
keywords: algae; charophytes; evolution; model; streptophytes