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Genome Structure and Reproductive Behaviour Influence the Evolutionary Potential of a Fungal Phytopathogen

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A Single, Recent Origin of the Accessory B Chromosome of the Grasshopper Eyprepocnemis plorans

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Effector diversification within compartments of the Leptosphaeria maculans genome affected by Repeat-Induced Point mutations

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Finished Genome of the Fungal Wheat Pathogen Mycosphaerella graminicola Reveals Dispensome Structure, Chromosome Plasticity, and Stealth Pathogenesis

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Multiple Translocation of the AVR-Pita Effector Gene among Chromosomes of the Rice Blast Fungus Magnaporthe oryzae and Related Species

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Comparative genomics reveals mobile pathogenicity chromosomes in Fusarium

(2010) Li-Jun Ma et al.   NATURE

Repeat-Induced Point Mutation (RIP) as an Alternative Mechanism of Evolution Toward Virulence inLeptosphaeria maculans

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Meiosis Drives Extraordinary Genome Plasticity in the Haploid Fungal Plant Pathogen Mycosphaerella graminicola

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The Genome of Nectria haematococca: Contribution of Supernumerary Chromosomes to Gene Expansion

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Leptosphaeria maculansavirulence geneAvrLm4-7confers a dual recognition specificity by theRlm4andRlm7resistance genes of oilseed rape, and circumventsRlm4-mediated recognition through a single amino acid change

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Dual control of avirulence inLeptosphaeria maculanstowards aBrassica napuscultivar with ‘sylvestris-derived’ resistance suggests involvement of two resistance genes

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