Introgressive descent and hypersexuality drive the evolution of sexual parasitism and morphological reduction in a fungal species complex.
F. Fernandez-Mendoza, E. Strasser, I. Frolov, J. Vondrak, L. Muggia, H. Mayrhofer, E. Gaya, M. Grube
The paper shows hybridization explains morphological and genetic diversity in Pyrenodesmia fungi, with genome defense mechanisms and RIP shaping genomic stability and morphological reduction.
bioRxiv · Jan 10, 2023 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology