Field, KJ, Pressel, S, Duckett, JG et al. (2 more authors) (2015) Symbiotic options for the conquest of land. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 30 (8). 477 - 486. ISSN 0169-5347
Abstract
The domination of the landmasses of Earth by plants starting during the Ordovician Period drastically altered the development of the biosphere and the composition of the atmosphere, with far-reaching consequences for all life ever since. It is widely thought that symbiotic soil fungi facilitated the colonization of the terrestrial environment by plants. However, recent discoveries in molecular ecology, physiology, cytology, and paleontology have brought into question the hitherto-assumed identity and biology of the fungi engaged in symbiosis with the earliest-diverging lineages of extant land plants. Here, we reconsider the existing paradigm and show that the symbiotic options available to the first plants emerging onto the land were more varied than previously thought.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | (c) 2015, Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Trends in Ecology & Evolution. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | mycorrhiza; plant evolution; symbiosis; mutualism; paleobotany; fungi |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Biological Sciences (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 20 Aug 2015 10:52 |
Last Modified: | 06 Nov 2017 11:13 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2015.05.007 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.tree.2015.05.007 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:89158 |