Comparative genomics of beetle-vectored fungal pathogens reveals a reduction in genome size and independent evolution of pathogenicity of two tree pathogens
T. A. Schuelke, A. Westbrook, K. Woeste, D. Plachetzki, K. Broders, M. MacManes
The paper compares the genomes of fungal pathogens and non-pathogens to identify genes under positive selection associated with pathogenicity in Geosmithia morbida.
bioRxiv · Dec 13, 2016Evolutionary Biology