… adaptation by increasing genomic plasticity. Here, we … hybridization in fungi by focusing on
two fungal pathogens of animals. Hybridization is common between the basidiomycete yeast …

… several mechanisms that facilitate … evolutionary implications of fungal interspecific
hybridization and highlight some of the best-studied examples. In addition, we explain how hybrids …

… facilitated long-distance spread of fungal plant pathogens, … hybridization has played a
role in adaptive radiation of finches … Adaptive introgression has also been identified in other …

… sexual selection is or how it promotes divergence in fungi. Another important force underlying
adaptive divergence is selection against maladaptive hybrids, that is, reinforcement or …

… impact of hybridization and HGT on genome evolution and … adaptive relevance in fungal
evolution. The mechanisms of … the potential of introgression to facilitate the transfer of virulence …

… ), suggesting a possible mechanism of adaptation to the local host. Introgressed CAZYmes—…
facilitate nutrition and infection in pathogens 48,49 —could also be important for adaptation …

… fungal pathogen (a new lineage of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis causing dramatic outbreaks
of chytridiomycosis [65]), which all emerged via hybridization… considerably facilitated [66,…

… adaptive under ammonium limitation. Our results suggest that, when homoploid hybrids form,
the admixture of two … selection can act [32], facilitating rapid within-lineage evolution [30]. …

… via mutation or expression of mutations, parasexality and interspecific matings facilitate
introgression or massive genomic rearrangement and restructuring. The resulting …

… hybridization appears a successful evolutionary strategy whereby the combination of two
dissimilar genomes promotes diversification in a saltational manner, leading to novel (…