Gene flow between divergent cereal- and grass-specific lineages of the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae
P. Gladieux, B. Condon, S. Ravel, D. Soanes, J. L. Nunes Maciel, A. Nhani, L. Chen, R. Terauchi, M.-H. Lebrun, D. Tharreau, T. Mitchell, K. F. Pedley, B. Valent, N. Talbot, M. Farman, E. Fournier
This study uses whole-genome sequencing of 76 Magnaporthe oryzae isolates to analyze population structure and gene flow, revealing multiple divergent lineages and evidence of inter-lineage genetic exchange.
bioRxiv · Nov 15, 2017Microbiology