Why are mycorrhizal fungi and symbiotic nitrogen‐fixing bacteria not genetically integrated into plants

The bacteria and fungi involved in diazotrophic and mycorrhizal symbioses with plants have varying degrees of genetic recombination. Those with very limited, or no, recombination are at risk from the progressive accumulation of mutations (‘Müller's ratchet'). This accumulation could be all...

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