Philippe Silar

The paper investigates recombination near the mating-type locus in Cladorrhinum fungi, finding no evidence of large recombination suppression despite pseudo-homothallic life cycles.

The paper investigates recombination suppression around the mating-type locus in Schizothecium fungi, finding evolutionary strata associated with a diploid-like life cycle in pseudo-homothallic species.

The paper examines centromere evolution in Podospora species, finding that the loss of the RIP defense system in P. pseudocomata correlates with smaller centromeres and a shift in transposable element composition.

The paper uses genome sequencing to delimit 18 species within the Schizothecium tetrasporum morpho-species, identifying three complexes based on genetic and breeding system differences.

The paper provides chromosome-level genome assemblies for four species in the Podospora anserina complex, along with a dataset of 28 annotated genomes, revealing genomic similarities and phylogenetic conflicts.

The paper identifies GUN1, a gene involved in ascospore germination in Podospora anserina, and shows its conservation with Pth2 in Magnaporthe oryzae.