Specificity in legume-rhizobia symbioses

M Andrews, ME Andrews - International journal of molecular sciences, 2017 - mdpi.com
Most species in the Leguminosae (legume family) can fix atmospheric nitrogen (N2) via
symbiotic bacteria (rhizobia) in root nodules. Here, the literature on legume-rhizobia …

Biogeography of nodulated legumes and their nitrogen‐fixing symbionts

JI Sprent, J Ardley, EK James - New Phytologist, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Contents Summary 40 I. Introduction 40 II. Recent changes in the taxonomy of legume
genera 41 III. Latitudinal variations in the distribution of nodulated legumes 44 IV …

A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny: The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG)

N Azani, M Babineau, CD Bailey, H Banks, AR Barbosa… - taxon, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The classification of the legume family proposed here addresses the long‐known non‐
monophyly of the traditionally recognised subfamily Caesalpinioideae, by recognising six …

A phylogenetic framework for evolutionary study of the nightshades (Solanaceae): a dated 1000-tip tree

T Särkinen, L Bohs, RG Olmstead, S Knapp - BMC evolutionary biology, 2013 - Springer
Abstract Background The Solanaceae is a plant family of great economic importance.
Despite a wealth of phylogenetic work on individual clades and a deep knowledge of …

Legume crops phylogeny and genetic diversity for science and breeding

P Smýkal, CJ Coyne, MJ Ambrose… - Critical Reviews in …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Economically, legumes (Fabaceae) represent the second most important family of crop
plants after the grass family, Poaceae. Grain legumes account for 27% of world crop …

Interaction and regulation of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus metabolisms in root nodules of legumes

A Liu, CA Contador, K Fan, HM Lam - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Members of the plant family Leguminosae (Fabaceae) are unique in that they have evolved
a symbiotic relationship with rhizobia (a group of soil bacteria that can fix atmospheric …

[書籍][B] Phylogeny and Evolution of the Angiosperms

D Soltis, P Soltis, P Endress, M Chase, S Manchester… - 2018 - books.google.com
Although they are relative latecomers on the evolutionary scene, having emerged only 135?
170 million years ago, angiosperms—or flowering plants—are the most diverse and species …

A single evolutionary innovation drives the deep evolution of symbiotic N2-fixation in angiosperms

GDA Werner, WK Cornwell, JI Sprent, J Kattge… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Symbiotic associations occur in every habitat on earth, but we know very little about their
evolutionary histories. Current models of trait evolution cannot adequately reconstruct the …

Large‐scale genomic sequence data resolve the deepest divergences in the legume phylogeny and support a near‐simultaneous evolutionary origin of all six …

EJM Koenen, DI Ojeda, R Steeves, J Migliore… - New …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Phylogenomics is increasingly used to infer deep‐branching relationships while revealing
the complexity of evolutionary processes such as incomplete lineage sorting, hybridization …

Phylogeny of the Genus Drosophila

PM O'Grady, R DeSalle - Genetics, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Understanding phylogenetic relationships among taxa is key to designing and implementing
comparative analyses. The genus Drosophila, which contains over 1600 species, is one of …