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CURRENT BIOLOGY
卷 20, 期 13, 页码 1216-1221出版社
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2010.05.031
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- Swiss National Science Foundation [31000AO-105790/1, 31003A-127371]
- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) [31003A_127371] Funding Source: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) form symbioses with the majority of plants, improving plant nutrition and diversity [1, 2]. Evidence exists suggesting that AMF contain populations of genetically different nucleotypes coexisting in a common cytoplasm [3, 4]. This potentially has two important consequences for their genetics. First, by random distribution of nuclei at spore formation, new offspring of an AMF could receive different complements of nucleotypes compared to the parent or siblings we consider this as segregation. Second, genetic exchange between AMF would allow the mixing of nuclei, altering nucleotype diversity in new spores. Because segregation was assumed not to occur [5-7] and genetic exchange has only recently been demonstrated [8], no attempts have been made to test whether this affects the symbiosis with plants. Here, we show that segregation occurs in the AMF Glomus intraradices and can enhance the growth of rice up to five times, even though neither parental nor crossed AMF lines induced a positive growth response. This process also resulted in an alteration of symbiosis-specific gene transcription in rice. Our results demonstrate that manipulation of AMF genetics has important consequences for the symbiotic effects on plants and could be used to enhance the growth of globally important crops.
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