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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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj-art-2d949fd5434e4009933e85eaf7161d032025-08-20T01:54:38ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS Biology1544-91731545-78852024-12-012212e300290110.1371/journal.pbio.3002901Gene transfer between fungal species triggers repeated coffee wilt disease outbreaks.Brenda D WingfieldMichael J WingfieldTwo 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.https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3002901&type=printable |
| spellingShingle | Brenda D Wingfield Michael J Wingfield Gene transfer between fungal species triggers repeated coffee wilt disease outbreaks. PLoS Biology |
| 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. |
| title_sort | gene transfer between fungal species triggers repeated coffee wilt disease outbreaks |
| url | https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3002901&type=printable |
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