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SUMMARY:Orthofinder and phylogenetics as a tool for comparative transcript
 omics in arbuscular mycorrhizal research - Mara Sgroi 
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CONTACT:Dr Qi Wang
DESCRIPTION:Arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis (AMS) arose in land plants mo
 re than 400 million years ago\, perhaps acting as a major contributor to p
 lant terrestrialization. Whilst the components of AMS are well characteriz
 ed in angiosperms\, little is known about the molecular mechanisms underpi
 nning AMS in extant bryophyte clades. The liverwort Marchantia paleacea en
 gages in AMS with Glomeromycotina fungi. A time-course RNAseq of the four 
 main stages of AM symbiosis in M. paleacea and comparative transcriptomics
  with angiosperm AMS model species identified a core set of AMS genes that
  are conserved in early-diverging land plants. In this talk I will be focu
 sing on the advantages and limitations of this analysis which combined the
  use of Orthofinder\, phylogenetics and comparative transcriptomics.
LOCATION:You can sign up at  https://lists.cam.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/plan
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 ng.
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