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Recombination triggers fungal crop disease

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Population genomics of the fungal plant pathogen Pyricularia oryzae shows that recombination of existing genetic variation during a multi-hybrid swarm probably facilitated an instantaneous host jump onto wheat.

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Fig. 1: Evolutionary history of host jumps in the crop fungal pathogen P. oryzae.

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