Genomic signatures of a major adaptive event in the pathogenic fungus Melampsora larici-populina
A. Persoons, A. Maupetit, C. Louet, A. Andrieux, A. Lipzen, K. W. Barry, H. Na, C. Adam, I. V. Grigoriev, V. Segura, S. Duplessis, P. Frey, F. Halkett, S. De Mita
The paper identifies a genomic signature of a recent adaptive event in the fungus Melampsora larici-populina, pinpointing a single amino acid change associated with overcoming host resistance.
bioRxiv · Apr 9, 2021Evolutionary Biology