Comparative Phylogenomics and Phylotranscriptomics Provide Insights into the Genetic Complexity of Nitrogen Fixing Root Nodule Symbiosis
Y. Zhang, Y. Fu, W. Xian, X. Li, Y. Feng, F. Bu, Y. Shi, S. Chen, R. v. Velzen, A. M. Berry, M. G. Salgado, H. Liu, T. Yi, P. Fournier, N. Alloisio, , S. Cheng
The paper uses phylogenomic and phylotranscriptomic analyses to study the evolution of nitrogen-fixing root nodule symbiosis across the Nitrogen-Fixing Nodulation Clade, finding no convergence at the amino acid level and highlighting the role of NIN as a master regulator.
bioRxiv · Apr 3, 2023Evolutionary Biology