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Medicago truncatula @ UW-MadisonIs the pre-eminent model plant for studying symbiotic relationships between plants and their symbiotic microbes (i.e. rhizobial bacteria and mycorrhizal fungi). Attributes of. That make it desirable as an experimental system include itsannual habit, diploid and self fertile nature, abundant natural variation, and close phylogenetic relationship to many crop legume species. At the transcript , protein, and whole genome sequence levels.
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