Successful asexual lineages of the Irish potato Famine pathogen are triploid
Ying Li, Qian Zhou, Kun Qian, Theo van der Lee, Sanwen Huang
This study shows that asexual lineages of the potato blight pathogen Phytophthora infestans are mostly triploid, linking ploidy level to reproductive mode and virulence.
bioRxiv · Aug 13, 2015 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology