Gene transfer between fungal species triggers repeated coffee wilt disease outbreaks

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Gene transfer between fungal species triggers repeated coffee wilt disease outbreaks

Wingfield, Brenda D.; Wingfield, Michael J.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2263/102279
Date: 2024-12-06

Abstract:

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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