PROFOUND FINDING. “If kin discrimination via root–root interactions proves widespread, it will profoundly change how we view competition in plants. Our results, because we used maternal sibships, indicate a genetic or maternally derived mechanism for kin recognition involving root communication. However, the mechanism is probably different from the self/non-self mechanism, because plants recognize genetically identical individuals as non-self.”
http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/3/4/435.short
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022