Enhanced Outcrossing, Directional Selection and Transgressive Segregation Drive Evolution of Novel Phenotypes in Hybrid Swarms of the Dutch Elm Disease Pathogen <i>Ophiostoma novo-ulmi</i>
In the 1970s, clones of the two subspecies of <i>Ophiostoma novo-ulmi</i>, subsp. <i>americana</i> (SSAM) and subsp. <i>novo-ulmi</i> (SSNU) began to overlap in Europe, resulting in hybrid swarms. By 1983–1986, hybrids with high, SSAM-like growth and pathogenic fi...
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MDPI AG
2021-06-01
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| Series: | Journal of Fungi |
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2309-608X/7/6/452 |