Evolutionary priming and transition to the ectomycorrhizal habit in an iconic lineage of mushroom-forming fungi: is preadaptation a requirement?
B. P. Looney, S. Miyauchi, E. Morin, P.-E. Courty, A. P. Kohler, E. Lindquist, A. Kuo, K. LaButti, J. Pangilinan, A. Lipzen, R. Riley, W. Andreopoulos, G. He, J. Johnson, M. Nolan, , F. M. Martin
This study identifies genomic features of the transition to ectomycorrhizal habit in Russulaceae fungi, finding gene loss, TE expansion, and secreted protein associations with TE nests.
bioRxiv · Feb 23, 2021 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology