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Lichen symbiosis: Search and recognition of partners

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The problems associated with the initial stages of the formation of the thallus of lichens, i.e., compatibility of symbiotic partners, recognition of symbionts, and signals required for the formation of the differentiated thallus, are discussed.

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Original Russian Text © I.D. Insarova, E.Yu. Blagoveshchenskaya, 2016, published in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk, Seriya Biologicheskaya, 2016, No. 5, pp. 479–490.

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Insarova, I.D., Blagoveshchenskaya, E.Y. Lichen symbiosis: Search and recognition of partners. Biol Bull Russ Acad Sci 43, 408–418 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1062359016040038

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