Recombination of standing variation in a multi-hybrid swarm drove adaptive radiation in a fungal pathogen and gave rise to two pandemic plant diseases
M. Rahnama, B. Condon, J. P. Ascari, J. R. Dupuis, E. M. Del Ponte, K. F. Pedley, S. Martinez, B. Valent, M. Farman
The paper shows that recombination of standing variation in a fungal hybrid swarm led to rapid adaptive radiation in Pyricularia oryzae, causing two new plant diseases.
bioRxiv · Nov 24, 2021 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology