Heather R. Kates

Aug 1, 2024 | nature.com | Heather R. Kates |Brian O’Meara |Gregory W Stull |Euan James |Qin Tian |Ting-Shuang Yi | +5 more

Correction to: Nature Communications https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-48036-3, published online 27 May 2024In this article the funding from the ‘National Science Foundation of China (No. 31720103903)’ was omitted. The original article has been corrected.

May 27, 2024 | nature.com | Heather R. Kates |Brian O’Meara |Gregory W Stull |Euan James |Qin Tian |Ting-Shuang Yi | +5 more

AbstractRoot nodule symbiosis (RNS) is a complex trait that enables plants to access atmospheric nitrogen converted into usable forms through a mutualistic relationship with soil bacteria. Pinpointing the evolutionary origins of RNS is critical for understanding its genetic basis, but building this evolutionary context is complicated by data limitations and the intermittent presence of RNS in a single clade of ca. 30,000 species of flowering plants, i.e., the nitrogen-fixing clade (NFC).