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Uncovering the history of recombination and population structure in western Canadian stripe rust populations through mating type alleles.
BMC biology - 25 Oct 2023
Holden Samuel, Bakkeren Guus, Hubensky John, Bamrah Ramandeep, Abbasi Mehrdad, Qutob Dinah, de Graaf Mei-Lan, Kim Sang Hu, Kutcher Hadley R, McCallum Brent D, Randhawa Harpinder S, Iqbal Muhammad, Uloth Keith, Burlakoti Rishi R, Brar Gurcharn S
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BACKGROUND: The population structure of crop pathogens such as Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici (Pst), the cause of wheat stripe rust, is of interest to researchers looking to understand these pathogens on a molecular level as well as those with an applied focus such as disease epidemiology. Cereal rusts can reproduce sexually or asexually, and the emergence of novel lineages has the potential to cause serious...
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