Effector Gene Reshuffling Involves Dispensable Mini-chromosomes in the Wheat Blast Fungus
Peng Zhao, Ely Oliveira Garcia, Guifang Lin, Ying Hu, Melinda Dalby, Pierre Migeon, Haibao Tang, MARK L. FARMAN, David E. Cook, Frank F. White, Barbara S. Valent, Sanzhen Liu
The paper reports the genome of a wheat blast fungus, revealing dispensable mini-chromosomes containing effector genes that evolve rapidly and contribute to pathogen adaptation.
PLoS Genetics · Sep 12, 2019Peer-reviewedGenomics