Evolutionary BiologybioRxiv
How transposons drive evolution of virulence in a fungal pathogen
Luigi Faino, Michael F. Seidl, Xiaoqian Shi-Kunne…·Bart P.H.J. Thomma
This study shows transposons drive adaptive genome evolution in Verticillium dahliae by enabling segmental duplications and contributing to genomic plasticity, which impacts pathogen aggressiveness.
DOI 10.1101/gr.204974.116