Yanfang Shang

TL;DR: W Whole-genome analyses indicate that the genome structures of these two species are highly syntenic and suggest that the genus Metarhizium evolved from plant endophytes or pathogens, andTranscriptional analysis of both fungi during early infection processes provided further insights into the genes and pathways involved in infectivity and specificity.

TL;DR: The genome of B. bassiana was sequenced and a phylogenomic analysis confirmed that ascomycete entomopathogenicity is polyphyletic, but also revealed convergent evolution to insect pathogenicity.

TL;DR: Genomic analyses of seven Metarhizium species revealed a directional speciation continuum from specialists with narrow host ranges to transitional species and then to generalists that paralleled insect evolution, which advance understanding of speciation and genomic signatures that underlie pathogen adaptation to hosts.

TL;DR: Oosporein biosynthetic machinery in fungi, a polyketide synthase (PKS) pathway including seven genes for quinone biosynthesis is reported for the first time, contributing to the known mechanisms of quin one biosynthesis and the understanding of small molecules deployed by fungi that interact with their hosts.

TL;DR: It is found that the pathogenicity of host-adapted fungi evolved multiple times, and that both divergent and convergent evolutions occurred during pathogen–host cospeciation thus resulting in protein families with similar features in each fungal group.