There is an important reason for the accelerated use of non-aflatoxigenic Aspergillus flavus
to mitigate pre-harvest aflatoxin contamination… it effectively addresses the imperative need …

Explaining the selective forces that underlie different reproductive modes forms a major part
of evolution research. Many organisms are facultative sexuals, with the ability to reproduce …

Understanding the origins of variation in agricultural pathogens is of fundamental interest
and practical importance, especially for diseases that threaten food security. Fusarium …

Research over the past two decades shows that both recombination and clonality are likely
to contribute to the reproduction of all fungi. This view of fungi is different from the historical …

The transition from outcrossing to selfing is predicted to reduce the genome-wide efficacy of
selection because of the lower effective population size (N e) that accompanies this change …

Meiotic drive is the preferential transmission of a particular allele during sexual reproduction.
The phenomenon is observed as spore killing in multiple fungi. In natural populations of …

Transposable elements (TEs) impact genome plasticity, architecture, and evolution in fungal
plant pathogens. The wide range of TE content observed in fungal genomes reflects diverse …

The apparent rarity of sex in many fungal species has raised questions about how much sex
is needed to purge deleterious mutations and how differences in frequency of sex impact …

Unisexuality in fungi is the result of sexual reproduction in a single isolate that harbors
genes associated with only a single mating type. To date, unisexual reproduction has been …

A major current molecular evolution challenge is to link comparative genomic patterns to
species' biology and ecology. Breeding systems are pivotal because they affect many …