Evolutionary BiologybioRxiv
Distinct life histories impact dikaryotic genome evolution in the rust fungus Puccinia striiformis causing stripe rust in wheat
B. Schwessinger, Y.-J. Chen, R. Tien…·A. Fejer Justesen
This study compares two isolates of the wheat rust fungus Puccinia striiformis with different life histories, finding that long-term asexual evolution leads to genome expansion, transposable element accumulation, and increased heterozygosity.
DOI 10.1093/gbe/evaa071