The origin and evolution of mycorrhizal symbioses: from palaeomycology to phylogenomics

New Phytologist

Volumn 220, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 1012-1030

  Strullu Derrien, Christine ^a,b   Selosse, Marc André ^c,d   Kenrick, Paul ^a   Martin, Francis M ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

Author keywords

fossil; fungi; genomics; interactions; land colonization; plants; roots

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; FOSSIL RECORD; GENOMICS; MYCORRHIZA; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; ROOT SYSTEM; SYMBIOSIS;

FUNGI;

EVOLUTION; GENOMICS; MYCORRHIZA; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; GENOMICS; MYCORRHIZAE; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 85044304479     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.15076     Document Type: Review

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