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High genetic variability and low local diversity in a population of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 24 Feb 2004
Koch Alexander M, Kuhn Gerrit, Fontanillas Pierre, Fumagalli Luca, Goudet Jérôme, Sanders Ian R
Abstract excerpt
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are ecologically important root symbionts of most terrestrial plants. Ecological studies of AMF have concentrated on differences between species; largely assuming little variability within AMF species. Although AMF are clonal, they have evolved to contain a surprisingly high within-species genetic variability, and genetically different nuclei can coexist within individual...
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