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Recent loss of the Dim2 DNA methyltransferase decreases mutation rate in repeats and changes evolutionary trajectory in a fungal pathogen

2020-03-29

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DNA methylation is found throughout all domains of life, yet the extent and function of DNA methylation differ between eukaryotes. Strains of the plant pathogenic fungus Zymoseptoria tritici appeared to lack cytosine DNA methylation (5mC) because gene amplification followed by Repeat-Induced Point mutation (RIP) resulted in the inactivation of the dim2 DNA methyltransferase gene. 5mC is, however, present in clos...

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Literature Corpus work: b269ec85-00bf-54dc-a1e8-82cef36859cd
DOI: 10.1101/2020.03.27.012203

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