Deletions, duplications, insertions, inversions and translocations are commonly referred to
as structural variants (SVs). Fungal plant pathogens have compact genomes, facilitating the …

Background The gene content of a species largely governs its ecological interactions and
adaptive potential. A species is therefore defined by both core genes shared between all …

Simple Summary Plants, unlike animals, do not have defender cells or an adaptive immune
system. Instead, plants rely on each cell's innate immunity and systemic signals emitted from …

A serious factor hampering global maize production is gray leaf spot disease. Cercospora
zeina is one of the causative pathogens, but population genomics analysis of C. zeina is …

Microbial pathogens can adapt rapidly to changing environments such as the application of
pesticides or host resistance. Copy number variations (CNVs) are a major source of …

Pangenome analyses are increasingly being utilized to study the evolution of eukaryotic
organisms. While pangenomes can provide insight into polymorphic gene content …

Plant pathogens utilize a portfolio of secreted effectors to successfully infect and manipulate
their hosts. It is, however, still unclear whether changes in secretomes leading to host …

Recombination is beneficial over the long term, allowing more effective selection. Despite
long-term advantages of recombination, local recombination suppression can evolve and …

Nonrecombining sex chromosomes are widely found to be more differentiated than
autosomes among closely related species, due to smaller effective population size and/or to …

Anther-smut fungi provide a powerful system to study host–pathogen specialization and
coevolution, with hundreds of Microbotryum species specialized on diverse …