What have we learnt from studying the evolution of the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis?

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 44, Issue , 2018, Pages 49-56

  Vigneron, Nicolas ^a   Radhakrishnan, Guru V ^b   Delaux, Pierre Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MYCORRHIZA; PHYSIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS;

EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MYCORRHIZAE; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 85042883874     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2018.02.004     Document Type: Review

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