The table given in the figure below reflects the data being referred to (from the book: <em>Campbell Biology Australian and New Zealand Edition </em>by Reece, et al. (2014)).
The number 22,877 of the gene that encodes the first protein with the protein ID 298599 indicates that the
amount
of the RNA transcript of this gene made in the mycorrhizal
parts of the fungus was 22,877 times higher when they were associated with the Douglas fir compared to those made in soil mycelium away from the root of the plants.
Answer:
Mushrooms and plants all need energy to grow. But the sources of their energy differs.
Explanation:
Sun is the ultimate source of energy for any living organisms to grow and make their food. While plants takes energy from the sun directly and make their food, while the mushrooms which is not a plant does not take energy from the sun directly.
Mushrooms utilizes the energies which is collected by the different organism which collects their energy from the sun such as organisms like the bacteria and plants. Mushrooms grow well in darkness as darkness helps to retain moisture. Mushrooms does not have chlorophyll to make food.
Plants have chlorophyll. And they direct absorb energy from the sun light to make their own food.