The Irreversible Loss of a Decomposition Pathway Marks the Single Origin of an Ectomycorrhizal Symbiosis
The Irreversible Loss of a Decomposition Pathway Marks the Single Origin of an Ectomycorrhizal Symbiosis The Harvard community has made this article openly available. Please share how this access benefits you. Your story matters Citation Wolfe, Benjamin E., Rodham E. Tulloss, and Anne E. Pringle. 2012. The irreversible loss of a decomposition pathway marks the single origin of an ectomycorrhizal symbiosis. PLoS ONE 7, no. 7: e39597. Published Version doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0039597 Citable link http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:11210613 Terms of Use This article was downloaded from Harvard University’s DASH repository, and is made available under the terms and conditions applicable to Other Posted Material, as set forth at http:// nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:dash.current.terms-of- use#LAA The Irreversible Loss of a Decomposition Pathway Marks the Single Origin of an Ectomycorrhizal Symbiosis Benjamin E. Wolfe1*, Rodham E. Tulloss2,3, Anne Pringle4 1 FAS Center for Systems Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, 2 Herbarium Rooseveltensis Amanitarum, Roosevelt, New Jersey, United States of America, 3 Honorary Research Associate, the New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York, United States of America, 4 Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America Abstract Microbial symbioses have evolved repeatedly across the tree of life, but the genetic changes underlying transitions to symbiosis are largely unknown, especially for eukaryotic microbial symbionts. We used the genus Amanita, an iconic group of mushroom-forming fungi engaged in ectomycorrhizal symbioses with plants, to identify both the origins and potential genetic changes maintaining the stability of this mutualism.
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