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Plant‐driven genome selection of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
7 Jul 2014
Abstract excerpt
Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi belong to the order Glomeromycota and arguably form the most successful symbiosis in plants. This is a very ancient symbiosis which originated approximately 450 million years ago and is thought to have facilitated the evolution of land plants. The ability to host AM fungi inside plant roots has since been maintained by the vast majority (>80%) of current land plant species,...
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