Gene transfer between fungal species triggers repeated coffee wilt disease outbreaks.

Two outbreaks of coffee wilt disease have devastated African coffee production. A PLOS Biology study suggests that horizontal gene transfer via large Starship transposons between 2 fungal species played a key role in the repeated emergence of the disease.

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Main Authors: Brenda D Wingfield, Michael J Wingfield
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Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2024-12-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3002901&type=printable
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title Gene transfer between fungal species triggers repeated coffee wilt disease outbreaks.
title_full Gene transfer between fungal species triggers repeated coffee wilt disease outbreaks.
title_fullStr Gene transfer between fungal species triggers repeated coffee wilt disease outbreaks.
title_full_unstemmed Gene transfer between fungal species triggers repeated coffee wilt disease outbreaks.
title_short Gene transfer between fungal species triggers repeated coffee wilt disease outbreaks.
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