Long-distance gene flow and recombination shape the evolutionary history of a maize pathogen
Flávia Rogério, Cock van Oosterhout, Stéphane De Mita, Francisco Borja Cuevas-Fernández, Pablo García-Rodríguez, Sioly Becerra, Silvia Gutiérrez-Sánchez, Andrés G. Jacquat, W. Bettiol, Guilherme Kenichi Hosaka, Sofia B. Ulla, Jürg Hiltbrunner, Rogelio Santiago, Pedro Revilla, José S. Dambolena, , Michael R. Thon
This study investigates the evolutionary history of the maize pathogen Colletotrichum graminicola, revealing geographic differentiation, long-distance gene flow, and recombination shaping its global genomic structure.
IMA Fungus · Feb 21, 2025Peer-reviewedGenomics