Genome biology and evolution of mating-type loci in four cereal rust fungi

Z Luo, A McTaggart, B Schwessinger - PLoS Genetics, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Permanent heterozygous loci, such as sex-or mating-compatibility regions, often display
suppression of recombination and signals of genomic degeneration. In Basidiomycota, two …

Uncovering the history of recombination and population structure in western Canadian stripe rust populations through mating type alleles

S Holden, G Bakkeren, J Hubensky, R Bamrah… - BMC biology, 2023 - Springer
Background The population structure of crop pathogens such as Puccinia striiformis f. sp.
tritici (Pst), the cause of wheat stripe rust, is of interest to researchers looking to understand …

Population genomic analyses reveal extensive genomic regions within selective sweeps associated with adaptation and demographic history of a wheat fungal …

C Xia, C Xia, L Huang, N Zhao, H Li, X Zhang, AG Qiu… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Plant pathogens can quickly evolve in response to the changing host and environment,
resulting in destructive epidemics. The fungus Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici (Pst), causing …