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Evolution of the Fot1 transposons in the genus Fusarium: discontinuous distribution and epigenetic inactivation.
Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Apr 2002
Daboussi Marie-Josée, Davière Jean-Michel, Graziani Stéphane, Langin Thierry
Abstract excerpt
To understand the evolution of Fot1, a member of the pogo family widely dispersed in ascomycetes, we have performed a phylogenetic survey across the genus Fusarium divided into six sections. The taxonomic distribution of Fot1 is not homogeneous but patchy; it is prevalent in the Fusarium oxysporum complex, absent in closely related sections, and found in five species from the most distant section Martiella....
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