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Roos Bex

Ghent UniversityORCID 0009-0003-9018-990XUnclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Organism:fungi (other)· 1 Research Focus:genome assembly· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1

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MicrobiologyNature CommunicationsPeer-reviewedJul 24, 2025

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…·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.

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