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Genome evolution following host jumps in the Irish potato famine pathogen lineage.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 10 Dec 2010
Raffaele Sylvain, Farrer Rhys A, Cano Liliana M, Studholme David J, MacLean Daniel, Thines Marco, Jiang Rays H Y, Zody Michael C, Kunjeti Sridhara G, Donofrio Nicole M, Meyers Blake C, Nusbaum Chad, Kamoun Sophien
Abstract excerpt
Many plant pathogens, including those in the lineage of the Irish potato famine organism Phytophthora infestans, evolve by host jumps followed by specialization. However, how host jumps affect genome evolution remains largely unknown. To determine the patterns of sequence variation in the P. infestans lineage, we resequenced six genomes of four sister species. This revealed uneven evolutionary rates across...
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