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Review
. 2020 Jun;226(5):1256-1262.
doi: 10.1111/nph.16458. Epub 2020 Mar 3.

Rapid evolution in plant-microbe interactions - an evolutionary genomics perspective

Sophie de Vries  1 , Eva H Stukenbrock  2   3 , Laura E Rose  1
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Rapid evolution in plant-microbe interactions - an evolutionary genomics perspective

Sophie de Vries et al. New Phytol. 2020 Jun.
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Abstract

Access to greater genomic resolution through new sequencing technologies is transforming the field of plant pathology. As scientists embrace these new methods, some overarching patterns and observations come into focus. Evolutionary genomic studies are used to determine not only the origins of pathogen lineages and geographic patterns of genetic diversity, but also to discern how natural selection structures genetic variation across the genome. With greater and greater resolution, we can now pinpoint the targets of selection on a large scale. At multiple levels, crypsis and convergent evolution are evident. Host jumps and shifts may be more pervasive than once believed, and hybridization and horizontal gene transfer (HGT) likely play important roles in the emergence of genetic novelty.

Keywords: co-evolution; convergent evolution; crop protection; genetic variation; natural selection; phytopathogens.

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