Mycena genomes resolve the evolution of fungal bioluminescence

HM Ke, HH Lee, CYI Lin, YC Liu… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Mushroom-forming fungi in the order Agaricales represent an independent origin of
bioluminescence in the tree of life; yet the diversity, evolutionary history, and timing of the …

Genome-wide analyses of repeat-induced point mutations in the Ascomycota

S Van Wyk, BD Wingfield, L De Vos… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The Repeat-Induced Point (RIP) mutation pathway is a fungus-specific genome defense
mechanism that mitigates the deleterious consequences of repeated genomic regions and …

Dynamics of transposable element accumulation in the non-recombining regions of mating-type chromosomes in anther-smut fungi

M Duhamel, ME Hood… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
In the absence of recombination, the number of transposable elements (TEs) increases due
to less efficient selection, but the dynamics of such TE accumulations are not well …

DNA methylation mutants in Physcomitrella patens elucidate individual roles of CG and non-CG methylation in genome regulation

K Domb, A Katz, KD Harris, R Yaari… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Cytosine (DNA) methylation in plants regulates the expression of genes and transposons.
While methylation in plant genomes occurs at CG, CHG, and CHH sequence contexts, the …

Transcriptional activity and epigenetic regulation of transposable elements in the symbiotic fungus Rhizophagus irregularis

A Dallaire, BF Manley, M Wilkens, I Bista… - Genome …, 2021 - genome.cshlp.org
Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi form mutualistic relationships with most land plant
species. AM fungi have long been considered as ancient asexuals. Long-term clonal …

Austropuccinia psidii, causing myrtle rust, has a gigabase-sized genome shaped by transposable elements

PA Tobias, B Schwessinger, CH Deng, C Wu, C Dong… - G3, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Austropuccinia psidii, originating in South America, is a globally invasive fungal plant
pathogen that causes rust disease on Myrtaceae. Several biotypes are recognized, with the …

Heterochromatin and RNAi act independently to ensure genome stability in Mucorales human fungal pathogens

MI Navarro-Mendoza… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Chromatin modifications play a fundamental role in controlling transcription and genome
stability and yet despite their importance, are poorly understood in early-diverging fungi. We …

Analysis of fungal genomes reveals commonalities of intron gain or loss and functions in intron-poor species

CS Lim, BN Weinstein, SW Roy… - Molecular Biology and …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Previous evolutionary reconstructions have concluded that early eukaryotic ancestors
including both the last common ancestor of eukaryotes and of all fungi had intron-rich …

Mating-Type Locus Organization and Mating-Type Chromosome Differentiation in the Bipolar Edible Button Mushroom Agaricus bisporus

M Foulongne-Oriol, O Taskent, U Kües… - Genes, 2021 - mdpi.com
In heterothallic basidiomycete fungi, sexual compatibility is restricted by mating types,
typically controlled by two loci: PR, encoding pheromone precursors and pheromone …

[HTML][HTML] Recent loss of the Dim2 DNA methyltransferase decreases mutation rate in repeats and changes evolutionary trajectory in a fungal pathogen

M Möller, M Habig, C Lorrain, A Feurtey… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
DNA methylation is found throughout all domains of life, yet the extent and function of DNA
methylation differ among eukaryotes. Strains of the plant pathogenic fungus Zymoseptoria …