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Population studies of native grass-endophyte symbioses provide clues for the roles of host jumps and hybridization in driving their evolution.
Molecular ecology - 1 Jun 2012
Craven K D
Abstract excerpt
Fungal endophytes in the genera Epichloë and Neotyphodium, collectively termed the epichloae, have fascinated biologists for decades. These intriguing fungi, also referred to as 'class 1 or clavicipitaceous endophytes', spend the large majority, or even their entire life cycle, within the tissues of their cool-season grass hosts without eliciting any symptoms of infection. While all epichloae reside within the...
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