The fitness costs to plants of resistance to pathogens
AUTOR(ES)
Burdon, Jeremy J
FONTE
BioMed Central
RESUMO
A new study has shown that a gene giving resistance to pathogens imposes a cost on the fitness in Arabidopsis. This raises questions about how generally the results apply and how such costs are controlled in plants carrying resistance genes to several different pathogens.
ACESSO AO ARTIGO
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=193648Documentos Relacionados
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