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Coevolution in Rhizobium-legume symbiosis?
DNA and cell biology - 1 Aug 2009
Martínez-Romero Esperanza
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Legume nodules, specialized structures for nitrogen fixation, are probably the result of coevolution of plants and ancestral rhizobia. Among the evolutionary processes leading to legume radiation and divergence, coevolution with rhizobia might have occurred. Alternatively, bacteria could have been constantly selected by plants, with bacteria slightly influencing plant evolution (required to fulfill the criteria...
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