Examples of Mycena mushrooms with massive gene duplications (IMAGE)

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University

Examples of Mycena mushrooms with massive gene duplications

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Mycena mushrooms exhibit extensive genomic expansion, encompassing not only the genes facilitating plant invasion, carbon breakdown, and interaction, but also those with yet unknown but likely significant functions.

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Arne Aronsen and Christoffer Harder

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