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Transposable Elements In Phytopathogenic Verticillium Spp.: Insights Into Genome Evolution And Inter- And Intra-Specific Diversification, Stefan G. Amyotte, Xiaoping Tan, Kayla Pennerman, Maria Del Mar Jimenez-Gasco, Steven J. Klosterman, Li-Jun Ma, Katherine F. Dobinson, Paola Veronese
Transposable Elements In Phytopathogenic Verticillium Spp.: Insights Into Genome Evolution And Inter- And Intra-Specific Diversification, Stefan G. Amyotte, Xiaoping Tan, Kayla Pennerman, Maria Del Mar Jimenez-Gasco, Steven J. Klosterman, Li-Jun Ma, Katherine F. Dobinson, Paola Veronese
Li-Jun Ma
Background Verticillium dahliae (Vd) and Verticillium albo-atrum (Va) are cosmopolitan soil fungi causing very disruptive vascular diseases on a wide range of crop plants. To date, no sexual stage has been identified in either microorganism suggesting that somatic mutation is a major force in generating genetic diversity. Whole genome comparative analysis of the recently sequenced strains VdLs.17 and VaMs.102 revealed that non-random insertions of transposable elements (TEs) have contributed to the generation of four lineage-specific (LS) regions in VdLs.17. Results We present here a detailed analysis of Class I retrotransposons and Class II “cut-and-paste” DNA elements detected in the sequenced …