Prediction of pathogenicity genes involved in adaptation to a lupin host in the fungal pathogens Botrytis cinerea and Sclerotinia sclerotiorum via comparative genomics.
Mahsa Mousavi-DerazmahallehSteven ChangGeoff ThomasMark DerbyshirePhillip E BayerDavid EdwardsMatthew N NelsonWilliam ErskineFrancisco J Lopez-RuizJon ClementsJames K HanePublished in: BMC genomics (2019)
Detection of minor differences between relatively recently-diverged isolates, originating from distinct regions and with hosts, may highlight novel or recent gene mutations and losses resulting from host adaptation in broad host-range fungal pathogens.