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The chestnut blight fungus world tour: successive introduction events from diverse origins in an invasive plant fungal pathogen.
Molecular ecology - 1 Aug 2012
Dutech C, Barrès B, Bridier J, Robin C, Milgroom M G, Ravigné V
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Clonal expansion has been observed in several invasive fungal plant pathogens colonizing new areas, raising the question of the origin of clonal lineages. Using microsatellite markers, we retraced the evolutionary history of introduction of the chestnut blight fungus, Cryphonectria parasitica, in North America and western Europe. Combining discriminant analysis of principal components and approximate Bayesian...
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