Genic introgression from an invasive exotic fungal forest pathogen increases the establishment potential of a sibling native pathogen

Significant hybridization between the invasive North American fungal plant pathogen Heterobasidion irregulare and its Eurasian sister species H. annosum is ongoing in Italy. Whole genomes of nine natural hybrids were sequenced, assembled and compared with those of three genotypes eac...

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Main Authors: Fabiano Sillo, Matteo Garbelotto, Luana Giordano, Paolo Gonthier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2021-05-01
Series:NeoBiota
Online Access:https://neobiota.pensoft.net/article/64031/download/pdf/