Methylation of DNA and of histone 3 at Lys 9 (H3K9) are highly correlated with gene
silencing in eukaryotes from fungi to humans. Both of these epigenetic marks need to be …

Recombination is a prominent feature of meiosis in which it plays an important role in
increasing genetic diversity during inheritance. Additionally, in most organisms …

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 …

The class Dothideomycetes is one of the largest groups of fungi with a high level of
ecological diversity including many plant pathogens infecting a broad range of hosts. Here …

Although DNA is the carrier of genetic information, it has limited chemical stability.
Hydrolysis, oxidation and nonenzymatic methylation of DNA occur at significant rates in vivo …

The genomes of many animals, plants and fungi are tagged by methylation of DNA cytosine.
To understand the biological significance of this epigenetic mark it is essential to know …

Genomic plasticity enables adaptation to changing environments, which is especially
relevant for pathogens that engage in “arms races” with their hosts. In many pathogens …

Neurospora crassa is a central organism in the history of twentieth-century genetics,
biochemistry and molecular biology. Here, we report a high-quality draft sequence of the N …

Up to 36% of Neurospora crassa transformants showing an albino phenotype were
recovered by transforming a wild‐type strain with different portions of the carotenogenic …

Why does nature love symmetry? In Asymmetry, Developmental Stability and Evolution, M--
oslash--; ller and Swaddle analyse the evolutionary implications of symmetry. They advance …