Hidden network: The evolutionary relationship between arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and plants (Ep 75)
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What Are the Different Components of a Plant?
Tobyi: I find the upstream part of this super compelling, because the host has to find these other organisms. Do you have an example where a planter is employing these different groups depending on context and my understanding? Tobyi: i'm not quite suref if this will answer your question, but let me try. Let's take a plant as a great example. Because on the one hand, it needs nitrogen. And in lagums, they evolve these these nodules that house risobia that provide the perfect conditions for them to fix nitrogen. But at the same time, they're also interacting with micro a fungi, which are also endo simbions rit these
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