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Population genomic analysis of the rice blast fungus reveals specific events associated with expansion of three main clades.
The ISME journal - 1 Aug 2018
Zhong Zhenhui, Chen Meilian, Lin Lianyu, Han Yijuan, Bao Jiandong, Tang Wei, Lin Lili, Lin Yahong, Somai Rewish, Lu Lin, Zhang Wenjing, Chen Jian, Hong Yonghe, Chen Xiaofeng, Wang Baohua, Shen Wei-Chiang, Lu Guodong, Norvienyeku Justice, Ebbole Daniel J, Wang Zonghua
Abstract excerpt
We examined the genomes of 100 isolates of Magnaporthe oryzae (Pyricularia oryzae), the causal agent of rice blast disease. We grouped current field populations of M. oryzae into three major globally distributed groups. A genetically diverse group, clade 1, which may represent a group of closely related lineages, contains isolates of both mating types. Two well-separated clades, clades 2 and 3, appear to have...
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