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On the brink: the highly reduced plastomes of nonphotosynthetic Ericaceae.
The New phytologist - 1 Oct 2017
Braukmann Thomas W A, Broe Michael B, Stefanović Saša, Freudenstein John V
Abstract excerpt
Ericaceae (the heather family) is a large and diverse group of plants that forms elaborate symbiotic relationships with mycorrhizal fungi, and includes several nonphotosynthetic lineages. Using an extensive sample of fully mycoheterotrophic (MH) species, we explored inter- and intraspecific variation as well as selective constraints acting on the plastomes of these unusual plants. The plastomes of seven MH genera...
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