Fungal Evolutionary Genetics

What drives the evolution of fungal genomes?

Two questions, one group: how whole chromo­somes are transferred between fungal species, and what fungi do inside the microbiome of animals.

Topic 1

Accessory chromo­somes transferred between species

Accessory chromosomes are dispensable, yet found in many pathogenic fungi. In Metarhizium they are transferred frequently – even across species boundaries – and we want to know how, and why it matters.

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Topic 2

Fungi in the microbiome of animals

Using the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, we ask which genes – in the worm and in its fungi – shape the interaction between an animal host and its fungal partners.

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