Positively selected effector genes and their contribution to virulence in the smut fungus Sporisorium reilianum
G. Schweizer, K. Munch, G. Mannhaupt, J. Schirawski, R. Kahmann, J. Dutheil
This study identifies positively selected genes in the smut fungus Sporisorium reilianum and assesses their role in virulence, finding that only one gene deletion significantly reduces virulence.
bioRxiv · Dec 8, 2017Evolutionary Biology