Mitochondrial genomes reveal recombination in the presumed asexual Fusarium oxysporum species complex.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Fusarium oxysporum species complex (FOSC) contains several phylogenetic lineages. Phylogenetic studies identified two to three major clades within the FOSC. The mitochondrial sequences are highly informative phylogenetic markers, but have been mostly neglected due to technical difficulties.

Results

A total of 61 complete mitogenomes of FOSC strains were de novo assembled and annotated. Length variations and intron patterns support the separation of three phylogenetic species. The variable region of the mitogenome that is typical for the genus Fusarium shows two new variants in the FOSC. The variant typical for Fusarium is found in members of all three clades, while variant 2 is found in clades 2 and 3 and variant 3 only in clade 2. The extended set of loci ana

SUBMITTER: Brankovics B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5604515 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature