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How Plants and Fungi Prevent Cheating (4 of 5)

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How Plants and Fungi Prevent Cheating (4 of 5)

image: Similar to complex subway systems, networks of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi connect markets between plant and fungal partners. This image relates to an article that appeared in the Aug. 12, 2011, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The study, by Dr. E. Toby Kiers of Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam, Netherlands, and colleagues was titled, "Reciprocal Rewards Stabilize Cooperation in the Mycorrhizal Symbiosis." view more 

Credit: Image courtesy of Marjolein Lakmoes


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