Population-Specific Transcriptomic Shifts Underlie Secondary Metabolic Diversification in Aspergillus flavus and the Domestication of Aspergillus oryzae
Milton T. Drott, Yen‐Wen Wang, E. Anne Hatmaker, Nayanna M. Mercado Soto, J. Mitch Elmore, Dianiris Luciano‐Rosario, Jae‐Hyuk Yu, Antonis Rokas, John G. Gibbons, Anna Huttenlocher A, Kunlong Yang, Nancy P. Keller
This paper identifies population-specific transcriptomic shifts in Aspergillus species, showing how transcriptomic reorganization drives secondary metabolic diversification and domestication in A. oryzae.
bioRxiv · Oct 2, 2025 · PreprintMicrobiology