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Runaway repeats force expansion of the Phytophthora infestans genome

Mark Gijzen

Author Affiliations

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 1391 Sandford Street, London, Ontario N5V 4T3, Canada

Genome Biology 2009, 10:241 doi:10.1186/gb-2009-10-10-241

Published: 27 October 2009

Abstract

Sequencing of the genome of the potato late blight pathogen Phytophthora infestans provides insight into genome structure and evolution within this genus of plant pathogenic oomycetes.