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Sylvain Raffaele

Researcher at University of Toulouse

Publications -  69
Citations -  8627

Sylvain Raffaele is an academic researcher from University of Toulouse. The author has contributed to research in topics: Gene & Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. The author has an hindex of 32, co-authored 66 publications receiving 7417 citations. Previous affiliations of Sylvain Raffaele include Sainsbury Laboratory & Norwich Research Park.

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Genome sequence and analysis of the Irish potato famine pathogen Phytophthora infestans.

Brian J. Haas, +102 more
- 17 Sep 2009 - 
TL;DR: The sequence of the P. infestans genome is reported, which at ∼240 megabases (Mb) is by far the largest and most complex genome sequenced so far in the chromalveolates and probably plays a crucial part in the rapid adaptability of the pathogen to host plants and underpins its evolutionary potential.
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Genome evolution in filamentous plant pathogens: why bigger can be better

TL;DR: Cases in which genome plasticity has contributed to the emergence of new virulence traits are illustrated and how genome expansions may have had an impact on the co-evolutionary conflict between these filamentous plant pathogens and their hosts are discussed.
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Genome evolution following host jumps in the Irish potato famine pathogen lineage

TL;DR: A group of papers analyzes pathogen genomes to find the roots of virulence, opportunism, and life-style determinants, demonstrating that dynamic repeat-rich genome compartments underpin accelerated gene evolution following host jumps in this pathogen lineage.
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The two-speed genomes of filamentous pathogens: Waltz with plants

TL;DR: How plant pathogens are great model systems to study evolutionary adaptations at multiple time scales is discussed and the 'two-speed genome' model in which filamentous pathogen genomes have a bipartite architecture with gene sparse, repeat rich compartments serving as a cradle for adaptive evolution is reviewed.
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Understanding and exploiting late blight resistance in the age of effectors

TL;DR: Genome-wide catalogs of P. infestans effectors are available, enabling effectoromics approaches that accelerate R gene cloning and specificity profiling and monitoring effector allelic diversity in pathogen populations can assist in R gene deployment in agriculture.