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Sexual reproduction is the null hypothesis for life cycles of rust fungi

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McTaggart, A. R., James, T. Y., Idnurm, A., Park, R. F., Shuey, L. S., Demers, M. N. K. and Aime, M. C. (2022) Sexual reproduction is the null hypothesis for life cycles of rust fungi. PLOS Pathogens, 18 (5). e1010439.

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Article Link: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1010439

Abstract

Sexual reproduction, mutation, and reassortment of nuclei increase genotypic diversity in rust fungi. Sexual reproduction is inherent to rust fungi, coupled with their coevolved plant hosts in native pathosystems. Rust fungi are hypothesised to exchange nuclei by somatic hybridisation with an outcome of increased genotypic diversity, independent of sexual reproduction. We provide criteria to demonstrate whether somatic exchange has occurred, including knowledge of parental haplotypes and rejection of fertilisation in normal rust life cycles.

Item Type:Article
Business groups:Horticulture and Forestry Science
Subjects:Science > Botany > Genetics
Plant pests and diseases
Plant pests and diseases > Plant pathology
Forestry > Research. Experimentation
Live Archive:02 Jun 2022 02:16
Last Modified:02 Jun 2022 02:16

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