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Grardy C. M. van den Berg

Wageningen University & ResearchORCID 0000-0002-6576-8948Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Genetics· 1 Genomics· 1 Microbiology· 1 Plant Biology· 1

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Organism:fungi (other)· 3 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:genome assembly· 2 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 2 Organism:chicken / avian· 1 Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 1 Approach:comparative / phylogenetic analysis· 1 Assay:DNA methylation· 1

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Bart P. H. J. ThommaiD· 4 shared Michael F. SeidliD· 4 shared Gabriel L. FioriniD· 2 shared Luigi FainoiD· 2 shared Yukiyo SatoiD· 2 shared Adele Di MatteoiD· 1 shared Andrea DoddiiD· 1 shared Antonio Valverde‐CorredoriD· 1 shared

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A structurally unique effector shared between Verticillium dahliae and Fusarium oxysporum is involved in cotton defoliation and virulence on other hosts

Andrea Doddi, Gabriel L. Fiorin, Jinling, Ilaria Zannini, Yukiyo Sato, Giulia Lancia, Giacomo Giuliari, Carmen Gómez‐Lama Cabanás, Antonio Valverde‐Corredor, Tingli Liu, Hui Tian, Grardy C. M. van den Berg, Jesús Mercado‐Blanco, Baolong Zhang, Michael F. Seidl, , Bart P. H. J. Thomma

bioRxiv · Feb 13, 2026 · PreprintPlant Biology

Starship giant transposons dominate plastic genomic regions in a fungal plant pathogen and drive virulence evolution

Yukiyo Sato, Roos Bex, Grardy C. M. van den Berg, Parthasarathy Santhanam, Monica Höfte, Michael F. Seidl, Bart P. H. J. Thomma

This study identifies Starship transposons as abundant and virulence-associated elements in Verticillium dahliae, showing their role in horizontal gene transfer and virulence evolution.

Nature Communications · Jul 24, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology

Centromere evolution in the fungal genus Verticillium

Michael F. Seidl, H. Martin Kramer, David E. Cook, Gabriel L. Fiorin, Grardy C. M. van den Berg, Luigi Faino, Bart P. H. J. Thomma

This study identifies and characterizes centromeres in ten Verticillium species, revealing conserved and variable features linked to repetitive elements and genome evolution.

bioRxiv · Jun 29, 2020 · PreprintGenetics

Nuclear and mitochondrial genomes of the hybrid fungal plant pathogen Verticillium longisporum display a mosaic structure

Jasper R. L. Depotter, Fabian van Beveren, Grardy C. M. van den Berg, Thomas A. Wood, Bart P. H. J. Thomma, Michael F. Seidl

This study examines the mosaic genome structure of the hybrid fungal plant pathogen Verticillium longisporum and its evolutionary implications.

bioRxiv · Jan 17, 2018 · PreprintGenomics