Widespread Negative Frequency-Dependent Selection Maintains Diversity in the Legume-Rhizobia Symbiosis: Balancing nodulation may explain the paradox of rhizobium diversity
Eleanor Siler, Maren L. Friesen
The paper shows negative frequency-dependent selection in legume-rhizobium symbiosis maintains diversity by increasing rare rhizobia across multiple legume genera.
bioRxiv · Jun 27, 2017 · PreprintPlant Biology