A genome-wide scan for genes under balancing selection in the plant pathogen Ralstonia solanacearum

• Published in: BMC ecology and evolution Vol. 19; no. 1; pp. 123 - 16
• Main Authors: Castillo, José A., Agathos, Spiros N.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 17.06.2019; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Alleles; Bacteria; Balancing; Balancing selection; Biodiversity; Bioinformatics; Biological Evolution; Blood diseases; Burkholderia; Chromosomes; Defense industry; Defense mechanisms; Demographics; Deoxyribonucleic acid; Disease; Dismantling; DNA; Evolutionary genetics; Extreme values; Fitness; Fu & Li’s D; Gene pool; Genes; Genetic aspects; Genetic diversity; Genetics; Genome, Bacterial; Genome-wide association studies; Genomes; Genomics; Host plants; Host range; Host Specificity; Immune response; Metabolism; Mutation; Pathogenic microorganisms; Pathogens; Phylogenetics; Plant bacterial diseases; Plant Diseases - microbiology; Plant immunity; Plant resistance; Plants; Polymorphism; Population; Population genetics; Population statistics; Populations; Prospective Studies; Ralstonia solanacearum; Ralstonia solanacearum - cytology; Ralstonia solanacearum - genetics; Ralstonia solanacearum - pathogenicity; Reproductive fitness; Species; Statistical analysis; Tajima’s D; Virulence; Virulence (Microbiology); Virulence related genes; Watterson’s theta; Wilt; Ralstonia solanacearum; Pathogenesis; Balancing selection; Virulence related genes; Fu & Li’s D; Watterson’s theta; Tajima’s D

Plant pathogens are under significant selective pressure by the plant host. Consequently, they are expected to have adapted to this condition or contribute to evading plant defenses. In order to acquire long-term fitness, plant bacterial pathogens are usually forced to maintain advantageous genetic...