PARAEVOLUTION

Parasponia to Crack Evolution of Rhizobium Symbiosis

 Coordinatore WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY 

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 Nazionalità Coordinatore Netherlands [NL]
 Totale costo 2˙498˙950 €
 EC contributo 2˙498˙950 €
 Programma FP7-IDEAS-ERC
Specific programme: "Ideas" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
 Code Call ERC-2011-ADG_20110310
 Funding Scheme ERC-AG
 Anno di inizio 2012
 Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) 2012-05-01   -   2017-04-30

 Partecipanti

# participant  country  role  EC contrib. [€] 
1    WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY

 Organization address address: DROEVENDAALSESTEEG 4
city: WAGENINGEN
postcode: 6708 PB

contact info
Titolo: Mr.
Nome: Peter
Cognome: Van Beem
Email: send email
Telefono: +31 317 485641
Fax: +31 317 418094

NL (WAGENINGEN) hostInstitution 2˙498˙950.80
2    WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY

 Organization address address: DROEVENDAALSESTEEG 4
city: WAGENINGEN
postcode: 6708 PB

contact info
Titolo: Prof.
Nome: Antonius Hendrikus Johannes
Cognome: Bisseling
Email: send email
Telefono: +31 317 483265
Fax: +31 317 418094

NL (WAGENINGEN) hostInstitution 2˙498˙950.80

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mutualistic    rhizobium    evolutionary    evolved    interactions    symbiosis    species    sequence    made    parasponia    trajectory    nodule    underlying    evolution    genus    legume   

 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'Mutualism is wide spread in nature and significantly impacts ecosystems. However, the principles governing its evolution have proved elusive. The rhizobium-legume symbiosis is one of the most sophisticated mutualistic interactions, as it results in the formation of a novel organ, the root nodule, where rhizobium is hosted intracellularly as nitrogen fixing ‘organelles’. These are named symbiosomes and produce ammonia from air. The rhizobium legume symbiosis evolved shortly after the rise of the legume family; 60 million years ago. However, by convergent evolution it also evolved more recent in the non-legume Parasponia. Ever since the discovery of Parasponia as the only non-legume that independently evolved the nodule symbiosis with rhizobium, it has intrigued the scientific community. It has been clear that this ‘bridging species’ will provide insight in how this unique symbiosis could arise during evolution. Further, it can teach us how to transfer this important agricultural trait to non-legume crops. However, it is first now that we can fully exploit the potential of this unique genus. Major insight in molecular mechanisms underlying the rhizobium legume symbiosis has been obtained by studying model legumes. This has made the rhizobium legume symbiosis one of the best understood mutualistic interactions. This insight can now be exploited to determine the evolutionary trajectory of the Parasponia rhizobium symbiosis, and to identify the genetic constraints of this interaction. Further, the revolution brought about by so-called next generation sequence technologies has made it now possible to cost efficiently sequence genomes of plant species with key positions in rhizobium nodule evolution. The overall objective of this project is to identify the evolutionary trajectory underlying rhizobium nodule evolution by using Parasponia. To validate the findings I will copy this evolutionary trajectory in Trema; the non-nodulating sister genus of Parasponia.'

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