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Founder effects and stochastic dispersal at the continental scale of the fungal pathogen of bananas Mycosphaerella fijiensis.
Molecular ecology - 1 Feb 2004
Rivas Gonzalo-Galileo, Zapater Marie-Françoise, Abadie Catherine, Carlier Jean
Abstract excerpt
The worldwide destructive epidemic of the fungus Mycosphaerella fijiensis on banana started recently, spreading from South-East Asia. The founder effects detected in the global population structure of M. fijiensis reflected rare migration events among continents through movements of infected plan...
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