Fungal invasions are increasingly recognized as a significant component of global changes,
threatening ecosystem health and damaging food production. Invasive fungi also provide …

The molecular genetic mechanisms underlying fruit size remain poorly understood in perennial
crops, despite size being an important agronomic trait. Here we show that the expression …

Convergent adaptation provides unique insights into the predictability of evolution and
ultimately into processes of biological diversification. Supergenes (beneficial gene linkage) are …

Domestication involves recent adaptation under strong human selection and rapid diversification
and therefore constitutes a good model for studies of these processes. We studied the …

Domestication provides an excellent framework for studying adaptive divergence. Using
population genomics and phenotypic assays, we reconstructed the domestication history of the …

Identifying the genes underlying adaptation, their distribution in genomes and the evolutionary
forces shaping genomic diversity are key challenges in evolutionary biology. Very few …

Two major ecological transitions marked the history of the Black Sea after the last Ice Age. The
first was the postglacial transition from a brackish-water to a marine ecosystem dominated …

Crop‐to‐wild gene flow can reduce the fitness and genetic integrity of wild species. Malus
sylvestris, the European crab‐apple fruit tree in particular, is threatened by the disappearance …

The emblematic fungus P enicillium roqueforti is used throughout the world as a starter
culture in the production of blue‐veined cheeses. Like other industrial filamentous fungi, P. …

Background Penicillium roqueforti is a filamentous fungus used for making blue cheeses
worldwide. It also occurs as a food spoiler and in silage and wood. Previous studies have …