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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2025

Mobile gene clusters and coexpressed plant-rhizobium pathways drive partner quality variation in symbiosis.

Muhammad Rizwan Riaz, Ivan Sosa Marquez, Hanna Lindgren, Garrett Levin, Rebecca Doyle, Mario Cerón Romero, Julia C Paoli, Jenny Drnevich, Christopher J Fields, Barney A Geddes and 2 more

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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Muhammad Rizwan Riaz *Department of Plant Biology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801.ORCID 0000-0002-6767-7871
Ivan Sosa Marquez *Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801.ORCID 0009-0002-0707-8110
Hanna LindgrenDepartment of Plant Biology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801.ORCID 0000-0002-6262-7832
Garrett LevinDepartment of Microbiological Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58102.ORCID 0000-0002-9461-1747
Rebecca DoyleDepartment of Plant Biology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801.
Mario Cerón RomeroDepartment of Plant Biology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801.
Julia C PaoliDepartment of Plant Biology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801.ORCID 0000-0001-8266-1766
Jenny DrnevichUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Roy J. Carver Biotechnology Center, Urbana, IL 61801.ORCID 0000-0002-1401-8311
Christopher J FieldsUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Roy J. Carver Biotechnology Center, Urbana, IL 61801.ORCID 0000-0002-7749-5844
Barney A GeddesDepartment of Microbiological Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58102.ORCID 0000-0001-8309-2083
Amy Marshall-ColónDepartment of Plant Biology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801.ORCID 0000-0001-6752-4982
Katy D HeathDepartment of Plant Biology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801.ORCID 0000-0002-6368-744X

Funding

Consejo Nacional de Humanidades, Ciencias y Tecnologías (Conahcyt) naNSF (NSF) DBI-2022049NSF (NSF) IOS-1645875NSF (NSF) IOS- 2243818NSF (NSF) IOS-2243821UofI | UIUC | Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology (IGB) na
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Abstract

Plant-microbe symbioses such as the legume-rhizobium mutualism are vital in the web of ecological relationships within both natural and managed ecosystems, influencing primary productivity, crop yield, and ecosystem services. The outcome of these interactions for plant hosts varies quantitatively and can range from highly beneficial to even detrimental depending on natural genetic variation in microbial symbionts. Here, we take a systems genetics approach, harnessing the genetic diversity present in wild rhizobial populations to predict genes and molecular pathways crucial in determining partner quality, i.e., the benefits of symbiosis for legume hosts. We combine traits, dual-RNAseq of both partners from active nodules, pangenomics/pantranscriptomics, and Weighted Gene Co-expression Network Analysis (WGCNA) for a panel of 20

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Multigene FamilyRhizobiumSinorhizobium melilotiSymbiosisGene Regulatory NetworksGenetic VariationRoot Nodules, PlantTranscriptomedual-RNAseqhorizontal gene transferpartner qualitysymbiosissystems genetics

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PMID40729388
PMCPMC12337268

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