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The history of the evolution of leaf traits in diploid species confirms the increase in the inter-veinal mesophyll area, mesophyll number, mesophyll length and bundle sheath cell number over time in rice. Leaf thickness and bundle sheath cell width also appear to be reduced in the recently evolved rice species.
