Domestication in dry‐cured meat Penicillium fungi: Convergent specific phenotypes and horizontal gene transfers without strong genetic subdivision

• DOI: 10.1111/eva.13591
• Publication Date: 2023-09-08T15:30:23Z
• Authors: Ying‐Chu Lo; Jade Bruxaux; Ricardo C. Rodríg...; Samuel O'Donnell; Alodie Snirc; Monika Coton; Mélanie Le Piver; Stéphanie Le Prieur; Daniel Roueyre; Joëlle Dupont; Jos Houbraken; Robert Debuchy; Jeanne Ropars; Tatiana Giraud; Antoine Branca
• Keywords: Convergent evolution; Horizontal Gene Transfer; Strain (injury)

Some fungi have been domesticated for food production, with genetic differentiation between populations from and wild environments, often acquiring beneficial traits through horizontal gene transfers (HGTs). Studying their adaptation to human-made substrates is of fundamental applied importance understanding processes further strain improvement. We studied here the population structures phenotypes two distantly related