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Genotype delimitation in the Nod-independent model legume Aeschynomene evenia.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Arrighi Jean-François, Cartieaux Fabienne, Chaintreuil Clémence, Brown Spencer, Boursot Marc, Giraud Eric
Abstract excerpt
Research on the nitrogen-fixing symbiosis has been so far focused on two model legumes, Medicago truncatula and Lotus japonicus, which use a sophisticated infection process involving infection thread formation. However, in 25% of the legumes, the bacterial entry occurs more simply in an intercellular fashion. Among them, some semi-aquatic Aeschynomene species present the distinctive feature to form...
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