Gapless Genome Assembly of Puccinia triticina Provides Insights into Chromosome Evolution in Pucciniales

ABSTRACT Chromosome evolution drives species evolution, speciation, and adaptive radiation. Accurate genome assembly is crucial to understanding chromosome evolution of species, such as dikaryotic fungi. Rust fungi (Pucciniales) in dikaryons represent the largest group of plant pathogens, but the ev...

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Main Authors: Chuang Li, Liuhui Qiao, Yanan Lu, Guozhen Xing, Xiaodong Wang, Gengyun Zhang, Huimin Qian, Yilin Shen, Yibo Zhang, Wen Yao, Kun Cheng, Zhenling Ma, Na Liu, Daowen Wang, Wenming Zheng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2023-02-01
Series:Microbiology Spectrum
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Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.02828-22