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Accessory regions and horizontal gene transfer shape the evolution of clonal Colletotrichum nymphaeae infecting strawberry.
The New phytologist - 1 Aug 2026
Alkemade Joris A, Buddie Alan G, Kermode Anthony, Barraclough Timothy G
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Rapid adaptation in fungal plant pathogens is often attributed to sexual recombination, yet many important pathogens are largely clonal. We investigated how genetic and phenotypic diversity arises in the predominantly asexual fungus Colletotrichum nymphaeae, the main cause of strawberry anthracnose in Europe and North America. We performed comparative genomics on 36 C. nymphaeae genomes and 45 other...
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