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Evolution of host range in Coleosporium ipomoeae, a plant pathogen with multiple hosts.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 10 May 2016
Chappell Thomas M, Rausher Mark D
Abstract excerpt
Plants and their pathogens coevolve locally. Previous investigations of one host-one pathogen systems have demonstrated that natural selection favors pathogen genotypes that are virulent on a broad range of host genotypes. In the present study, we examine a system consisting of one pathogen species that infects three host species in the morning glory genus Ipomoea. We show that many pathogen genotypes can infect...
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