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Sequencing of historical plastid genomes reveal exceptional genetic diversity in early domesticated rye plants

This study sequenced historical rye chloroplast genomes to show that ancient rye populations had higher genetic diversity than modern cultivars, indicating that recent selective breeding reduced diversity.

Repeat-induced point mutation and gene conversion coinciding with heterochromatin shape the genome of a plant pathogenic fungus

The paper analyzes meiosis-associated genetic changes in Zymoseptoria tritici using whole-genome sequencing, finding high recombination rates, gene conversions in heterochromatin, and repeat-induced point mutations as a major source of de novo mutations.