The ability to rapidly adapt to changing environments is crucial for the success of pathogens
infecting plants and animals. In some eukaryotic pathogens, rapid evolution can be …

Chromosomal rearrangements are a major driver of eukaryotic genome evolution, affecting
speciation, pathogenicity and cancer progression. Changes in chromosome structure are …

Meiosis is one of the most conserved molecular processes in eukaryotes. The fidelity of
pairing and segregation of homologous chromosomes has a major impact on the proper …

Recombination has an impact on genome evolution by maintaining chromosomal integrity,
affecting the efficacy of selection, and increasing genetic variability in populations …

Sex chromosomes in plants and animals and fungal mating-type chromosomes often show
exceptional genome features, with extensive suppression of homologous recombination and …

Dimorphic mating-type chromosomes in fungi are excellent models for understanding the
genomic consequences of recombination suppression. Their suppressed recombination and …

Background Supernumerary chromosomes have been found in many organisms. In fungi,
these “accessory” or “dispensable” chromosomes are present at different frequencies in …

Fungi and fungal-like organisms (oomycetes) that cause diseases in plants have impacted
human communities for centuries and probably from the dawn of agriculture. In modern …

Unravelling the strength, frequency, and distribution of selective variants along the genome
as well as the underlying factors shaping this distribution are fundamental goals of …

In a genome alignment of five individuals of the ascomycete fungus Zymoseptoria
pseudotritici, a close relative of the wheat pathogen Z. tritici (synonym Mycosphaerella …