The innovation of the symbiosome has enhanced the evolutionary stability of nitrogen fixation in legumes
S. M. de Faria, J. J. Ringelberg, E. Gross, E. J. Koenen, D. Cardoso, G. K. D. Ametsitsi, J. Akomatey, M. Maluk, N. Tak, H. S. Gehlot, K. M. Wright, N. Teaumroong, P. Songwattana, H. C. de Lima, Y. Prin, , E. K. James
The paper investigates the evolutionary stability of nodulation in legumes, finding that symbiosomes enhance stability compared to fixation thread nodules.
bioRxiv · Mar 4, 2022Evolutionary Biology