Asymmetric inter-kingdom gene transfer and a horizontal transposon invasion in a powdery mildew fungus
Lee Mariault, Éric Lasserre, Jiangzhao Qian, Ji-Hun Hwang, Kyung Do Kim, Anaïs Gibert, Stefan Kusch, Ralph Panstruga, Moaïne El Baidouri
The paper identifies recent horizontal DNA transfer events between plants and fungi, revealing asymmetric transfer patterns and dynamic evolutionary fates of transferred sequences.
bioRxiv · Oct 16, 2026 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology