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  • Evolutionary Biology
  • Microbiology
  • Plant Science

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  • Microbial symbionts have driven major evolutionary innovations (e.g., chloroplasts, mitochondria).
  • Host-associated microbiomes increasingly recognized for influencing microevolutionary adaptation in plants and animals.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To describe how microbes facilitate plant adaptation.
  • To differentiate between microbe-mediated local adaptation and microbe-mediated adaptive plasticity.

Main Methods:

  • Defining microbe-mediated local adaptation: local plant genotypes with higher fitness due to locally beneficial microbes.
  • Defining microbe-mediated adaptive plasticity: local plant phenotypes with higher fitness due to interactions with locally beneficial microbes.

Main Results:

  • Microbial interactions can lead to distinct adaptive responses in plants.
  • Differentiating microbial effects from traditional adaptation modes is challenging but essential.

Conclusions:

  • Microbe-mediated adaptation is likely prevalent across taxa.
  • Ignoring microbial roles can lead to flawed conclusions in evolutionary studies and applied fields like conservation and agriculture.