Utilizing gene tree variation to identify candidate effector genes in Zymoseptoria tritici

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 779-791

  McDonald, Megan C ^a   McGinness, Lachlan ^a   Hane, James K ^b,c   Williams, Angela H ^b,c   Milgate, Andrew ^d   Solomon, Peter S ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Black Box Bioinformatics ^*  (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accessory chromosome; Comparative genomics; Fungal effector; Intraspecific; Mycosphaerella graminicola

Indexed keywords

CULTIVAR; DNA STRUCTURE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOME; HAPLOTYPE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VIRULENCE; WHEAT; ZYMOSEPTORIA TRITICI; ASCOMYCETES; CHROMOSOME; CLASSIFICATION; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL GENOME; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENETICS; GENOMICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; MICROBIOLOGY; OPEN READING FRAME; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DISEASE; PROCEDURES;

ASCOMYCOTA; CHROMOSOMES, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENOME, FUNGAL; GENOMICS; HAPLOTYPES; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DISEASES; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TRITICUM; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84963959878     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21601836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/g3.115.025197     Document Type: Article

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