Gene Duplication, Horizontal Gene Transfer, and Trait Trade-offs Drive Evolution of Post-Fire Resource Acquisition in Pyrophilous Fungi
Ehsan Sari, Dylan J. Enright, M. E. Ordoñez…·Sydney I. Glassman
This study identifies genomic strategies and trait trade-offs in pyrophilous fungi that enable survival and nutrient cycling post-fire, revealing gene duplication, horizontal gene transfer, and sexual recombination as key evolutionary mechanisms.