The origin story and emergence of molecular biology is muddled. The early triumphs in
bacterial genetics and the complexity of animal and plant genomes complicate an intricate …

Diversity within the fungal kingdom is evident from the wide range of morphologies fungi
display as well as the various ecological roles and industrial purposes they serve …

Meiosis is essential for generating genetic diversity and sexual spores, but the regulation of
meiosis and ascosporogenesis is not clear in filamentous fungi, in which dikaryotic and …

Multicellularity has been one of the most important innovations in the history of life. The role
of gene regulatory changes in driving transitions to multicellularity is being increasingly …

Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) constitute a poorly studied class of transcripts with
emerging roles in key cellular processes. Despite efforts to characterize lncRNAs across a …

New molecular technologies have helped unveil previously unexplored facets of the
genome beyond the canonical proteome, including microproteins and short ORFs, products …

Ascospores generated during sexual reproduction are the primary inoculum for the wheat
scab fungus Fusarium graminearum. Purine metabolism is known to play important roles in …

For fungal plant pathogens, the germinating spore provides the first interaction with the host.
Spore germlings move across the plant surface and use diverse penetration strategies for …

ABSTRACT In eukaryotes, N 6-methyladenosine (m6A) RNA modification plays a crucial
role in governing the fate of RNA molecules and has been linked to various developmental …

Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are highly expressed and can modulate multiple cellular
processes including transcription, splicing, translation, and many diverse signaling events …