Transposable elements (TEs) spread in genomes through self-copying mechanisms and are
a major cause of genome expansions. Plant pathogens have finely tuned the expression of …

Transposable elements (TEs) are nearly ubiquitous in eukaryotes. The increase in genomic
data, as well as progress in genome annotation and molecular biology techniques, have …

Mutations are the source of genetic variation and the substrate for evolution. Genome-wide
mutation rates appear to be affected by selection and are probably adaptive. Mutation rates …

Saccharomyces hybrid yeasts are receiving increasing attention as a powerful model system
to understand adaptation to environmental stress and speciation mechanisms, using …

Hybridization and polyploidization are powerful mechanisms of speciation. Hybrid
speciation often coincides with whole-genome duplication (WGD) in eukaryotes. This …

Genome change does not occur accidentally. The conventional Modern Synthesis view of
gradual evolution guided solely by natural selection fails to incorporate many important …

Phytophthora infestans is a destructive pathogen of potato and a model for investigations of
oomycete biology. The successful application of a CRISPR gene editing system to P …

Hybridization, or interbreeding between different taxa, was traditionally considered to be
rare and to have a largely detrimental impact on biodiversity, sometimes leading to the …

Transposable elements (TE) are an important source of genetic variation with a dynamic and
content that greatly differ in a wide range of species. The origin of the intraspecific content …

Recent findings in yeast genetics and genomics have advanced our understanding of the
evolutionary potential unlocked by hybridization, especially in the genus Saccharomyces …