Genetic conflict with a parasitic nematode disrupts the legume-rhizobia mutualism
C. W. Wood, B. Pilkington, P. Vaidya, C. Biel, J. Stinchcombe
This study shows that genetic conflict between attracting rhizobia and repelling nematodes exists in Medicago truncatula, with nematode infection reducing nodule formation and biomass.
bioRxiv · Nov 3, 2017Evolutionary Biology