Communications Biology (May 2022)

Genomic biosurveillance detects a sexual hybrid in the sudden oak death pathogen

  • Richard C. Hamelin,
  • Guillaume J. Bilodeau,
  • Renate Heinzelmann,
  • Kelly Hrywkiw,
  • Arnaud Capron,
  • Erika Dort,
  • Angela L. Dale,
  • Emilie Giroux,
  • Stacey Kus,
  • Nick C. Carleson,
  • Niklaus J. Grünwald,
  • Nicolas Feau

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03394-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Genome sequencing of isolates of the pathogen responsible for sudden oak death in the United States and sudden larch death in Europe reveal hybridisation between European and American lineages.