How transposons drive evolution of virulence in a fungal pathogen
Luigi Faino, Michael F. Seidl, Xiaoqian Shi-Kunne, Marc Pauper, Grardy C.M. van den Berg, Alexander H.J. Wittenberg, Bart P.H.J. Thomma
This study shows transposons drive adaptive genome evolution in Verticillium dahliae by enabling segmental duplications and contributing to genomic plasticity, which impacts pathogen aggressiveness.
bioRxiv · Jan 30, 2016Evolutionary Biology