Incipient local adaptation in a fungus: evolution of heavy metal tolerance through allelic and copy-number variation

AL Bazzicalupo, J Ruytinx, YH Ke, L Coninx… - BioRxiv, 2019 - biorxiv.org
Human-altered environments can shape the evolution of organisms. Fungi are no exception,
though little is known about how they withstand anthropogenic pollution. Here, we document …

Fungal heavy metal adaptation through single nucleotide polymorphisms and copy‐number variation

AL Bazzicalupo, J Ruytinx, YH Ke, L Coninx… - Molecular …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Human‐altered environments can shape the evolution of organisms. Fungi are no
exception, although little is known about how they withstand anthropogenic pollution. Here …

Adaptive zinc tolerance is supported by extensive gene multiplication and differences in cis-regulation of a CDF transporter in an ectomycorrhizal fungus

J Ruytinx, L Coninx, M Op De Beeck, N Arnauts… - BioRxiv, 2019 - biorxiv.org
Abiotic changes due to anthropogenic activities affect selection regimes for organisms. How
trees and their mycorrhizal symbionts adapt to altered environments in heterogeneous …

Adaptation to heavy-metal contaminated environments proceeds via selection on pre-existing genetic variation

KM Wright, U Hellsten, C Xu, AL Jeong, A Sreedasyam… - bioRxiv, 2015 - biorxiv.org
Across a species range, islands of stressful habitats impose similar selection pressures on
isolated populations. It is as yet unclear, when populations respond to these selective …

Comparative transcriptomics provides insight into molecular mechanisms of zinc tolerance in the ectomycorrhizal fungus Suillus luteus

A Smith, J Swinnen, K Jinckheere, A Bazzicalupo… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Zinc is a major soil contaminant and high zinc levels can disrupt growth, survival, and
reproduction of fungi. Some fungal species have evolved zinc tolerance through cell …

Heavy metal pollution and genetic adaptations in ectomycorrhizal fungi

JV Colpaert - British Mycological Society Symposia Series, 2008 - Elsevier
Heavy metal toxicity is a strong trigger for evolutionary adaptation in terrestrial biota that
colonise metalliferous soils. Here, I will focus on the occurrence of metal tolerance in …

Convergent evolution in Arabidopsis halleri and Arabidopsis arenosa on calamine metalliferous soils

V Preite, C Sailer, L Syllwasschy… - … of the Royal …, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
It is a plausible hypothesis that parallel adaptation events to the same environmental
challenge should result in genetic changes of similar or identical effects, depending on the …

Mechanisms of metal homeostasis and detoxification in metal sensitive and tolerant isolates of Suillus luteus, an ectomycorrhizal fungus

J RUYTINX - 2013 - documentserver.uhasselt.be
By natural selection, the ectomycorrhizal fungus Suillus luteus could evolve metal tolerant
ecotypes on contaminated sites. These metal tolerant ecotypes were previously shown to be …

Continental‐level population differentiation and environmental adaptation in the mushroom Suillus brevipes

S Branco, K Bi, HL Liao, P Gladieux… - Molecular …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Recent advancements in sequencing technology allowed researchers to better address the
patterns and mechanisms involved in microbial environmental adaptation at large spatial …

How metal-tolerant ecotypes of ectomycorrhizal fungi protect plants from heavy metal pollution

JV Colpaert, JHL Wevers, E Krznaric… - Annals of forest …, 2011 - Springer
Introduction Heavy metal pollution is a strong driver of above-and belowground communities
and triggers evolutionary adaptation in organisms. This review provides an overview of our …