The evolution of symbiont preference traits in the model legume Medicago truncatula

The presence of nodules on legume root systems can alter phenotypic plasticity in response to internal nitrogen independent of nitrogen fixation

(2016) Chooi-Hua Goh et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Cheaters must prosper: reconciling theoretical and empirical perspectives on cheating in mutualism

(2015) Emily I. Jones et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Preferential allocation, physio-evolutionary feedbacks, and the stability and environmental patterns of mutualism between plants and their root symbionts

(2015) James D. Bever   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Herbaceous plant species invading natural areas tend to have stronger adaptive root foraging than other naturalized species

(2015) Lidewij H. Keser et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

The ecological genomic basis of salinity adaptation in Tunisian Medicago truncatula

(2015) Maren L Friesen et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Selection for cheating across disparate environments in the legume-rhizobium mutualism

(2014) Stephanie S. Porter et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Standing genetic variation in host preference for mutualist microbial symbionts

(2014) A. K. Simonsen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Efficiency of partner choice and sanctions in Lotus is not altered by nitrogen fertilization

(2014) J. U. Regus et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Local and Systemic Regulation of Plant Root System Architecture and Symbiotic Nodulation by a Receptor-Like Kinase

(2014) Emeline Huault et al.   PLoS Genetics

Root Foraging Increases Performance of the Clonal Plant Potentilla reptans in Heterogeneous Nutrient Environments

(2013) Zhengwen Wang et al.   PLoS One

Candidate Genes and Genetic Architecture of Symbiotic and Agronomic Traits Revealed by Whole-Genome, Sequence-Based Association Genetics in Medicago truncatula

(2013) John Stanton-Geddes et al.   PLoS One

Rethinking Mutualism Stability: Cheaters and the Evolution of Sanctions

(2013) Megan E. Frederickson   QUARTERLY REVIEW OF BIOLOGY

Mutualistic Co-evolution of Type III Effector Genes in Sinorhizobium fredii and Bradyrhizobium japonicum

(2013) Jeffrey A. Kimbrel et al.   PLoS Pathogens

COMPARING EVOLVABILITIES: COMMON ERRORS SURROUNDING THE CALCULATION AND USE OF COEFFICIENTS OF ADDITIVE GENETIC VARIATION

(2012) Francisco Garcia-Gonzalez et al.   EVOLUTION

For better or for worse: cooperation and competition in the legume-rhizobium symbiosis

(2012) Stéphane De Mita   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Widespread fitness alignment in the legume-rhizobium symbiosis

(2012) Maren L. Friesen   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Local and systemic N signaling are involved in Medicago truncatula preference for the most efficient Sinorhizobium symbiotic partners

(2012) Gisèle Laguerre et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Simple and efficient methods to generate split roots and grafted plants useful for long-distance signaling studies in Medicago truncatula and other small plants

(2012) Tessema K Kassaw et al.   Plant Methods

Molecular mechanisms controlling legume autoregulation of nodulation

(2011) Dugald E. Reid et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Symbiosis specificity in the legume - rhizobial mutualism

(2011) Dong Wang et al.   CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Nitrogen economics of root foraging: Transitive closure of the nitrate-cytokinin relay and distinct systemic signaling for N supply vs. demand

(2011) S. Ruffel et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Host control over infection and proliferation of a cheater symbiont

(2010) J. L. SACHS et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Economic contract theory tests models of mutualism

(2010) E. G. Weyl et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Partner choice in Medicago Truncatula-Sinorhizobium symbiosis

(2010) C. Gubry-Rangin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

An experimental and modelling exploration of the host-sanction hypothesis in legume–rhizobia mutualism

(2009) Diana E. Marco et al.   JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY

Adaptation of Medicago truncatula to nitrogen limitation is modulated via local and systemic nodule developmental responses

(2009) Christian Jeudy et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

STABILIZING MECHANISMS IN A LEGUME-RHIZOBIUM MUTUALISM

(2008) Katy D. Heath et al.   EVOLUTION

The model symbiotic association between Medicago truncatula cv. Jemalong and Rhizobium meliloti strain 2011 leads to N-stressed plants when symbiotic N2 fixation is the main N source for plant growth

(2008) Delphine Moreau et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Split-root study of autoregulation of nodulation in the model legume Lotus japonicus

(2008) Akihiro Suzuki et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT RESEARCH

The model legumeMedicago truncatulaA17 is poorly matched for N2fixation with the sequenced microsymbiontSinorhizobium meliloti1021

(2008) Jason J. Terpolilli et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Systemic Signaling of the Plant Nitrogen Status Triggers Specific Transcriptome Responses Depending on the Nitrogen Source in Medicago truncatula

(2008) S. Ruffel et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Experimental Evidence That Selection Favors Character Displacement in the Ivyleaf Morning Glory

(2007) Robin Ann Smith et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST