Extensive somatic nuclear exchanges shape global populations of the wheat leaf rust pathogen Puccinia triticina
Jana Sperschneider, Tim Hewitt, David C. Lewis, Sambasivam K. Periyannan, Andrew Milgate, Lee Thomas Hickey, Rohit Mago, Peter N. Dodds, Melania Figueroa
The paper shows that somatic nuclear exchange in Puccinia triticina generates genetic diversity, leading to new strains through repeated shuffling of haploid nuclei between clonal lineages.
Nature Microbiology · Oct 26, 2023Peer-reviewedGenomics