Betsy Smeed

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Evolution of root nodule symbiosis

March4

From EurekAlerts.com, a study looking at the genetics in plants that have a associated fungi and the plants that produce nodules involved with nitrogen fixation. Seems that the symbiosis receptor-kinase gene is a bit longer in N2-fixing plants than mycorrhiza associated plants.

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