Wagner C. Fagundes

The paper identifies a new accessory chromosome in Zymoseptoria tritici and shows it originated through interspecies hybridization with Zymoseptoria ardabiliae.

This study identifies evolutionary signatures of host specialization in Zymoseptoria tritici, showing distinct population structures and potential speciation driven by divergence between wild and domesticated host grasses.

The paper shows that loss of Dim2 DNA methyltransferase in Zymoseptoria tritici reduces mutation rates in repeats and alters evolutionary trajectory by affecting 5mC levels and transposable element dynamics.