MicrobiologybioRxivPreprint
Dynamic virulence-related regions of the fungal plant pathogen Verticillium dahliae display remarkably enhanced sequence conservation
Jasper R.L. Depotter, Xiaoqian Shi-Kunne, Hélène Missonnier…·Bart P.H.J. Thomma
The paper shows that lineage-specific regions in V. dahliae are more conserved than core regions, suggesting host adaptation through presence/absence polymorphisms rather than sequence divergence.
DOI 10.1101/277558