Contents
Part I The Importance of Lotus as a Model and a Crop
1 Background and History of theLotus japonicusModel
Legume System................................ 3
Jens Stougaard
2 LotusCytogenetics.............................. 9
Joana Ferreira and Andrea Pedrosa-Harand
3 Genetic Linkage Maps, Synteny and Map-based
Cloning...................................... 21
Niels Sandal and Shusei Sato
Part II Genomics and Functional Genomics of Lotus
and the Microsymbionts
4 Genome Sequencing............................. 35
Shusei Sato and Stig U. Andersen
5 Genome Sequence and Gene Functions inMesorhizobium
lotiand Relatives............................... 41
Kazuhiko Saeki and Clive W. Ronson
6 Plant Genes Involved in Symbiotic Signal
Perception/Signal Transduction..................... 59
A. Binder, T. Soyano, M. Hayashi, M. Parniske
and S. Radutoiu
7 Genes for Autoregulation of Nodulation............... 73
Masayoshi Kawaguchi
8 Lotus Genes Involved in Nodule Function
and Nitrogen Fixation............................ 79
Norio Suganuma
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