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

The taxonomic name resolution service: an online tool for automated standardization of plant names

(2013) Brad Boyle et al.   BMC BIOINFORMATICS

Comparative Genomics Suggests That an Ancestral Polyploidy Event Leads to Enhanced Root Nodule Symbiosis in the Papilionoideae

(2013) Qi-Gang Li et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Three keys to the radiation of angiosperms into freezing environments

(2013) Amy E. Zanne et al.   NATURE

Key role of symbiotic dinitrogen fixation in tropical forest secondary succession

(2013) Sarah A. Batterman et al.   NATURE

A latent capacity for evolutionary innovation through exaptation in metabolic systems

(2013) Aditya Barve et al.   NATURE

Speak, friend and enter: signalling systems that promote beneficial symbiotic associations in plants

(2013) Giles E. D. Oldroyd   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Evolution of a symbiotic receptor through gene duplications in the legume-rhizobium mutualism

(2013) Stéphane De Mita et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Biological nitrogen fixation: rates, patterns and ecological controls in terrestrial ecosystems

(2013) P. M. Vitousek et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Recursive genomewide recombination and sequencing reveals a key refinement step in the evolution of a metabolic innovation inEscherichia coli

(2013) Erik M. Quandt et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Symbiosis catalyses niche expansion and diversification

(2013) J. B. Joy   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Identifying Hidden Rate Changes in the Evolution of a Binary Morphological Character: The Evolution of Plant Habit in Campanulid Angiosperms

(2013) Jeremy M. Beaulieu et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Legume phylogeny and classification in the 21st century: Progress, prospects and lessons for other species-rich clades

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Evolution of the plant–microbe symbiotic ‘toolkit’

(2013) Pierre-Marc Delaux et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Ancient whole genome duplications, novelty and diversification: the WGD Radiation Lag-Time Model

(2012) M Eric Schranz et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

LOCATING EVOLUTIONARY PRECURSORS ON A PHYLOGENETIC TREE

(2012) Brigitte Marazzi et al.   EVOLUTION

Genomic analysis of a key innovation in an experimental Escherichia coli population

(2012) Zachary D. Blount et al.   NATURE

The diversity of actinorhizal symbiosis

(2012) Katharina Pawlowski et al.   PROTOPLASMA

Ancestral Developmental Potential Facilitates Parallel Evolution in Ants

(2012) R. Rajakumar et al.   SCIENCE

TRY - a global database of plant traits

(2011) J. KATTGE et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Phylogenetic Perspectives on the Origins of Nodulation

(2011) Jeff J. Doyle   MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

Dynamo maker ready to roll

(2011) Susan Young   NATURE

A Phylogenetic Strategy Based on a Legume-Specific Whole Genome Duplication Yields Symbiotic Cytokinin Type-A Response Regulators

(2011) R. H. M. Op den Camp et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Legume pectate lyase required for root infection by rhizobia

(2011) F. Xie et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Future Prospects for Cereals That Fix Nitrogen

(2011) P. H. Beatty et al.   SCIENCE

Deep homology: A view from systematics

(2010) Robert W. Scotland   BIOESSAYS

Multiple evolutionary origins of legume traits leading to extreme rhizobial differentiation

(2010) Ryoko Oono et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

LysM-Type Mycorrhizal Receptor Recruited for Rhizobium Symbiosis in Nonlegume Parasponia

(2010) R. Op den Camp et al.   SCIENCE

Mega-phylogeny approach for comparative biology: an alternative to supertree and supermatrix approaches

(2009) Stephen A Smith et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

The Beagle in a bottle

(2009) Angus Buckling et al.   NATURE

Deep homology and the origins of evolutionary novelty

(2009) Neil Shubin et al.   NATURE

Rosid radiation and the rapid rise of angiosperm-dominated forests

(2009) H. Wang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Reprogramming Plant Cells for Endosymbiosis

(2009) G. E. D. Oldroyd et al.   SCIENCE

Establishing nitrogen-fixing symbiosis with legumes: how many rhizobium recipes?

(2009) Catherine Masson-Boivin et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Phylogenetic patterns and diversification in the caesalpinioid legumesThis paper is one of a selection of papers published in the Special Issue on Systematics Research.

(2008) Anne Bruneau et al.   Botany

Recent developments in the MAFFT multiple sequence alignment program

(2008) K. Katoh et al.   BRIEFINGS IN BIOINFORMATICS

Symbiotic diversity in marine animals: the art of harnessing chemosynthesis

(2008) Nicole Dubilier et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Arbuscular mycorrhiza: the mother of plant root endosymbioses

(2008) Martin Parniske   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

SymRK defines a common genetic basis for plant root endosymbioses with arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi, rhizobia, and Frankiabacteria

(2008) H. Gherbi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Historical contingency and the evolution of a key innovation in an experimental population of Escherichia coli

(2008) Z. D. Blount et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Functional Adaptation of a Plant Receptor- Kinase Paved the Way for the Evolution of Intracellular Root Symbioses with Bacteria

(2008) Katharina Markmann et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY