Molecular Structure of Sporel Pollenin Explained by Li and Ki-Wang

Sporel pollenin shields the DNA in pollen and spores from light, heat, cold, and desiccation. Without it, plants couldn't live on land. Chemists have known about sporel pollenIn since at least 1814. For decades thereafter, knowledge about the molecule largely ended with the name. But recently, researchers may have cracked the code to sporelPollenin's defenses.