Fungal clones win the battle, but recombination wins the war

André Drenth; McTaggart, Alistair R.; Wingfield, Brenda D.

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dc.contributor.author	André Drenth
dc.contributor.author	McTaggart, Alistair R.
dc.contributor.author	Wingfield, Brenda D.
dc.date.accessioned	2020-03-30T14:17:34Z
dc.date.available	2020-03-30T14:17:34Z
dc.date.issued	2019-10-29
dc.description.abstract	Clonal reproduction is common in fungi and fungal-like organisms during epidemics and invasion events. The success of clonal fungi shaped systems for their classification and some pathogens are tacitly treated as asexual. We argue that genetic recombination driven by sexual reproduction must be a starting hypothesis when dealing with fungi for two reasons: (1) Clones eventually crash because they lack adaptability; and (2) fungi find a way to exchange genetic material through recombination, whether sexual, parasexual, or hybridisation. Successful clones may prevail over space and time, but they are the product of recombination and the next successful clone will inevitably appear. Fungal pathogen populations are dynamic rather than static, and they need genetic recombination to adapt to a changing environment.	en_ZA
dc.description.department	Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI)	en_ZA
dc.description.department	Genetics	en_ZA
dc.description.librarian	am2020	en_ZA
dc.description.uri	http://www.imafungus.org	en_ZA
dc.identifier.citation	Drenth, A., McTaggart, A.R. & Wingfield, B.D. et al. 2019, 'Fungal clones win the battle, but recombination wins the war', IMA Fungus, vol. 10, no. 1, art. 18, pp. 1-6.	en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn	2210-6340 (print)
dc.identifier.issn	2210-6359 (online)
dc.identifier.other	10.1186/s43008-019-0020-8
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2263/73876
dc.language.iso	en	en_ZA
dc.publisher	International Mycological Association	en_ZA
dc.rights	© The Author(s). 2019 Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.	en_ZA
dc.subject	Epidemics	en_ZA
dc.subject	Evolution	en_ZA
dc.subject	Fungal adaptation	en_ZA
dc.subject	Fungal pathogen	en_ZA
dc.subject	Fungi	en_ZA
dc.subject	Invasive species	en_ZA
dc.subject	Oomycota	en_ZA
dc.subject	Sexual reproduction	en_ZA
dc.title	Fungal clones win the battle, but recombination wins the war	en_ZA
dc.type	Article	en_ZA