Evolving moldy murderers: Aspergillus section Fumigati as a model for studying the repeated evolution of fungal pathogenicity

Antonis Rokas; Matthew E. Mead; Jacob L. Steenwyk; Nicholas H. Oberlies; Gustavo H. Goldman

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1008315

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Evolving moldy murderers: Aspergillus section Fumigati as a model for studying the repeated evolution of fungal pathogenicity

Antonis Rokas ,

* E-mail: antonis.rokas@vanderbilt.edu

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7248-6551

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Matthew E. Mead,

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9195-7585

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Jacob L. Steenwyk,

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8436-595X

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Nicholas H. Oberlies,

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0354-8464

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Gustavo H. Goldman

Affiliation Faculdade de Ciencias Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2986-350X

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Evolving moldy murderers: Aspergillus section Fumigati as a model for studying the repeated evolution of fungal pathogenicity

Antonis Rokas,
Matthew E. Mead,
Jacob L. Steenwyk,
Nicholas H. Oberlies,
Gustavo H. Goldman

Published: February 27, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1008315

About the Authors

Antonis Rokas

* E-mail: antonis.rokas@vanderbilt.edu

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7248-6551

Matthew E. Mead

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9195-7585

Jacob L. Steenwyk

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8436-595X

Nicholas H. Oberlies

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0354-8464

Gustavo H. Goldman

Affiliation Faculdade de Ciencias Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2986-350X

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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