ArticleNature microbiology2023
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi heterokaryons have two nuclear populations with distinct roles in host-plant interactions.
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- Long-read genomics reveal extensive nuclear-specific evolution and allele-specific expression in a dikaryotic fungus.Genome research · 2025Article
- Colora: a Snakemake workflow for complete chromosome-scale de novo genome assembly.Bioinformatics (Oxford, England) · 2025Article
- Analyses of Transposable Elements in Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Support Evolutionary Parallels With Filamentous Plant Pathogens.Genome biology and evolution · 2025Article
- Enhancing consistency in arbuscular mycorrhizal trait-based research to improve predictions of function.Mycorrhiza · 2025Review
- Decoding the Dialog Between Plants and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi: A Molecular Genetic Perspective.Genes · 2025Review
- Two sexually compatible monokaryons from a heterokaryoticFrontiers in microbiology · 2025Article
- The role of epigenetics in shaping plant-mycorrhizal interactions and ecosystem resilience.Frontiers in fungal biology · 2025Review
- A high-resolution haplotype collection uncovers somatic hybridization, recombination and intercontinental movement in oat crown rust.PLoS genetics · 2024Article
- Alternative splicing regulation in plants by SP7-like effectors from symbiotic arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi.Nature communications · 2024Article
- Intraspecific diploidization of a halophyte root fungus drives heterosis.Nature communications · 2024Article
- Unraveling the diversity of hyphal explorative traits among Rhizophagus irregularis genotypes.Mycorrhiza · 2024Article
- Detection of rare variants among nuclei populating the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal model species Rhizophagus irregularis DAOM197198.G3 (Bethesda, Md.) · 2024Article
- Strain-specific evolution and host-specific regulation of transposable elements in the model plant symbiont Rhizophagus irregularis.G3 (Bethesda, Md.) · 2024Article
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Abstract
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are prominent root symbionts that can carry thousands of nuclei deriving from two parental strains in a large syncytium. These co-existing genomes can also vary in abundance with changing environmental conditions. Here we assemble the nuclear genomes of all four publicly available AMF heterokaryons using PacBio high-fidelity and Hi-C sequencing. We find that the two co-existing genomes of these strains are phylogenetically related but differ in structure, content and epigenetics. We confirm that AMF heterokaryon genomes vary in relative abundance across conditions and show this can lead to nucleus-specific differences in expression during interactions with plants. Population analyses also reveal signatures of genetic exchange indicative of past events of sexual reproduction in these strains. This work uncovers the origin and contribution of two nuclear genomes in AMF heterokaryons and opens avenues for the improvement and environmental application of these strains.
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