On the origins of extreme mycorrhizal specificity in the Monotropoideae (Ericaceae): Performance trade-offs during seed germination and seedling development

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1549-1560

  Bidartondo, M I ^a   Bruns, T D ^b,c  

^a ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecology; Evolution; Monotropa uniflora; Pterospora; Rhizopogon; Russula; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ERICACEAE; GENETICS; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MYCORRHIZA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYMBIOSIS; UNITED STATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BASIDIOMYCOTA; ERICACEAE; GERMINATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCORRHIZAE; SEEDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYMBIOSIS; UNITED STATES;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; ERICACEAE; FUNGI; MONOTROPA UNIFLORA; MONOTROPOIDEAE; PTEROSPORA; RHIZOPOGON; RUSSULA;

EID: 17644373111     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2005.02503.x     Document Type: Article

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