Pseudogenes are genes with significant homology to functional genes, but contain
disruptive mutations (DMs) leading to the production of non‐or partially functional proteins …

Speciation of fungal plant pathogens has been associated with host jumps, host
domestication, clonal divergence, and hybridization. Although we have substantial insight …

Although the oomycetes and fungi are evolutionarily very distantly related, both taxa evolved
biotrophy on plant hosts several times independently, giving rise to rust-and mildew-like …

Convergent Evolution: Gene Sharing by Eukaryotic Plant Pathogens Page 1 7. Fogassi, L.,
Ferrari, PF, Gesierich, B., Rozzi, S., Chersi, F., and Rizzolatti, G. (2005). Parietal lobe: From …

Pseudogenes are paralogs generated from ancestral functional genes (parents) during
genome evolution, which contain critical defects in their sequences, such as lacking a …

Formerly considered as part of" junk DNA", pseudogenes are nowadays known for their role
in the post-transcriptional regulation of functional genes. In addition, their identification …

We are on the verge of a flood of new genome data from a plethora of plant pathogens.
Although the data are just beginning to be analysed systematically and to be published …

Background Pseudogenes are ubiquitous genetic elements that derive from functional
genes after mutational inactivation. Characterization of pseudogenes is important to …

Recently many fungal genes have been identified that, when disrupted, result in strains with
a reduction or total loss of disease symptoms. Such pathogenicity genes are the subject of …

Plant diseases can be classified according to pathogenic organisms, and 70–80% of them
are fungal diseases. Fungal diseases cause a significant reduction in crop yield and quality …