High Nucleotide Substitution Rates Associated with Retrotransposon Proliferation Drive Dynamic Secretome Evolution in Smut Pathogens

High Nucleotide Substitution Rates Associated with Retrotransposon Proliferation Drive Dynamic Secretome Evolution in Smut Pathogens

ABSTRACT Transposable elements (TEs) play a pivotal role in shaping diversity in eukaryotic genomes. The covered smut pathogen on barley, Ustilago hordei, encountered a recent genome expansion. Using long reads, we assembled genomes of 6 U. hordei strains and 3 sister species, to study this genome e...

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Main Authors: J. R. L. Depotter, B. Ökmen, M. K. Ebert, J. Beckers, J. Kruse, M. Thines, G. Doehlemann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2022-10-01
Series:Microbiology Spectrum
Subjects:
Ustilago
transposable element
genome expansion
DNA polymerase
mating-type locus
mating type
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.00349-22

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