Repeated loss of function at HD mating-type genes and of recombination suppression without mating-type locus linkage in anther-smut fungi
Elise A. Lucotte, Paul Jay, Quentin Rougemont, Loreleï Boyer, Amandine Cornille, Alodie Snirc, Amandine Labat, Elizabeth Chahine, Marine Duhamel, Alice Namias, Jacob Gendelman, Wen‐Juan Ma, Roxanne Kaaren Hayes, Shikhi Baruri, Joseph P. Ham, , Tatiana Giraud
The paper shows that HD mating-type genes have lost function in three Microbotryum species, with PR genes controlling mating compatibility, and reports evolutionary strata from recombination suppression.
Nature Communications · May 28, 2025Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology