| Title |
Plant Kin Recognition Enhances Abundance of Symbiotic Microbial Partner
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, September 2012
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0045648 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Amanda L. File, John Klironomos, Hafiz Maherali, Susan A. Dudley |
| Abstract |
The stability of cooperative interactions among different species can be compromised by cheating. In the plant-mycorrhizal fungi symbiosis, a single mycorrhizal network may interact with many plants, providing the opportunity for individual plants to cheat by obtaining nutrients from the fungi without donating carbon. Here we determine whether kin selection may favour plant investment in the mycorrhizal network, reducing the incentive to cheat when relatives interact with a single network. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 3 | 20% |
| Canada | 2 | 13% |
| United States | 2 | 13% |
| Spain | 1 | 7% |
| France | 1 | 7% |
| Unknown | 6 | 40% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 13 | 87% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 7% |
| Scientists | 1 | 7% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 4% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Mexico | 1 | <1% |
| Czechia | 1 | <1% |
| Estonia | 1 | <1% |
| Argentina | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 137 | 91% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 30 | 20% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 26 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 20 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 16 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 9 | 6% |
| Other | 27 | 18% |
| Unknown | 22 | 15% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 88 | 59% |
| Environmental Science | 19 | 13% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 7 | 5% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 4 | 3% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 5 | 3% |
| Unknown | 26 | 17% |