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Evidence for suppression of immunity as a driver for genomic introgressions and host range expansion in races of Albugo candida, a generalist parasite.
eLife - 27 Feb 2015
McMullan Mark, Gardiner Anastasia, Bailey Kate, Kemen Eric, Ward Ben J, Cevik Volkan, Robert-Seilaniantz Alexandre, Schultz-Larsen Torsten, Balmuth Alexi, Holub Eric, van Oosterhout Cock, Jones Jonathan D G
Abstract excerpt
How generalist parasites with wide host ranges can evolve is a central question in parasite evolution. Albugo candida is an obligate biotrophic parasite that consists of many physiological races that each specialize on distinct Brassicaceae host species. By analyzing genome sequence assemblies of five isolates, we show they represent three races that are genetically diverged by ∼1%. Despite this divergence, their...
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