Genomic mechanisms accounting for the adaptation to parasitism in nematode-trapping fungi.

Orbiliomycetes is one of the earliest diverging branches of the filamentous ascomycetes. The class contains nematode-trapping fungi that form unique infection structures, called traps, to capture and kill free-living nematodes. The traps have evolved differently along several lineages and include ad...

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Main Authors: Tejashwari Meerupati, Karl-Magnus Andersson, Eva Friman, Dharmendra Kumar, Anders Tunlid, Dag Ahrén
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-11-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3828140?pdf=render