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Conserved loci of leaf and stem rust fungi of wheat share synteny interrupted by lineage-specific influx of repeat elements.
BMC genomics - 29 Jan 2013
Fellers John P, Soltani Bahram M, Bruce Myron, Linning Rob, Cuomo Christina A, Szabo Les J, Bakkeren Guus
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Wheat leaf rust (Puccinia triticina Eriks; Pt) and stem rust fungi (P. graminis f.sp. tritici; Pgt) are significant economic pathogens having similar host ranges and life cycles, but different alternate hosts. The Pt genome, currently estimated at 135 Mb, is significantly larger than Pgt, at 88 Mb, but the reason for the expansion is unknown. Three genomic loci of Pt conserved proteins were...
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