Molecular trait indicators: Moving beyond phylogeny in arbuscular mycorrhizal ecology

New Phytologist

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 67-82

  Gamper, Hannes A ^a,b   Van Der Heijden, Marcel G A ^c,d   Kowalchuk, George A ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^c AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; Gene based functional diversity; Glomeromycota; Molecular functional ecology; Molecular markers; Phosphate and nitrogen metabolism; Plant fungal interactions; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC MARKER; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; PHOSPHATE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN; SYMBIOSIS; TAXONOMY;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; ECOLOGY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MYCORRHIZA; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; PLANT GENE; REVIEW; SYMBIOSIS;

ECOLOGY; FUNGI; GENES, FUNGAL; GENES, PLANT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYCORRHIZAE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS; SYMBIOSIS;

ARBUSCULAR; FUNGI; GLOMEROMYCOTA; PHYLO;

EID: 71249136440     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.03058.x     Document Type: Review

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