Duplication and neofunctionalization of a horizontally-transferred xyloglucanase as a facet of the red queen co-evolutionary dynamic
V. Attah, D. S. Milner, Y. Fang, X. Yan, G. Leonard, J. Heitman, N. J. Talbot, T. A. Richards
The paper investigates the duplication and neofunctionalization of a horizontally-transferred xyloglucanase gene in oomycetes, showing how these variants contribute to plant pathogenesis and host-pathogen co-evolution.
bioRxiv · Oct 9, 2023Evolutionary Biology