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GrainGenes Reference Report: PHY-91-1011

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Reference	PHY-91-1011
Title	Using restriction fragment length polymorphisms to assess temporal variation and estimate the number of ascospores that initiate epidemics in field populations of Mycosphaerella graminicola
Journal	Phytopathology
Year	2001
Volume	91
Pages	1011-1017
Author	Zhan J Mundt CC McDonald BA
Abstract	Summary: Restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs) and DNA fingerprints were used to assess temporal variation and estimate the effective population size of the wheat pathogen Mycosphaerella graminicola over a 6-year period. In each year, the fungal population was founded by ascospores originating from outside the sampled fields. A total of 605 fungal isolates were included in this study. Our results indicate that the genetic structure of these M. graminicola populations were stable over the 6-year period. The common alleles at each RFLP locus were present at similar frequencies each year. More than 99% of gene diversity was distributed within populations sampled from the same year and less than 1% was attributed to differences among years. The lack of population differentiation among collections taken in different years indicated that the effective size of the source population was sufficiently large that genetic drift was insignificant in this location. It also suggests that the initial colonists from ascospore founder populations were a fair reflection of the source population. We estimate that the effective sizes of these field populations ranged from 3,400 to 700,000 individuals, depending on the size of the field sampled and assumptions about mutation rates. Estimates of the number of ascospores initiating epidemics of leaf blotch disease in each field plot and factors that contribute to the large effective population size of M. graminicola are discussed.
Keyword	[ Hide all but 1 of 50 ] allele alleles ascospores blotch collection contribute cultivar differentiation disease diversity dna dna fingerprinting drift effective size epidemics field field populations fragment length polymorphism frequencies fungal gene genetic analysis genetic drift genetic resistance genetic structure graminicola inoculum density isolate leaf blotch length polymorphism locus mutation mutation-rates mycosphaerella graminicola oregon pathogen plant pathogenic fungi polymorphism population population differentiation rate record restriction restriction fragment length restriction fragment length polymorphisms rflp source structure temporal variation triticum aestivum

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