The genome of the oomycete Peronosclerospora sorghi, a cosmopolitan pathogen of maize and sorghum, is inflated with dispersed pseudogenes
Kyle Fletcher, Frank N. Martin, Thomas Isakeit, Keri Cavanaugh, Clint Magill, Richard W. Michelmore
The paper characterizes the genome, transcriptome, and mitogenome of P. sorghi, revealing a large genome size and gene count due to retrotransposition and pseudogenization.
G3 Genes Genomes Genetics · Jan 2, 2023Peer-reviewedGenomics