Sexual reproduction is the null hypothesis for life cycles of rust fungi

• Alistair R. McTaggart,

  Affiliation Centre for Horticultural Science, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland, Ecosciences Precinct, Dutton Park, Queensland, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0996-1313

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• Timothy Y. James,

  Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

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• Alexander Idnurm,

  Affiliation School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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• Robert F. Park,

  Affiliation Plant Breeding Institute, The University of Sydney, Cobbitty, New South Wales, Australia

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• Louise S. Shuey,

  Affiliation Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Ecosciences Precinct, Dutton Park, Queensland, Australia

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• Michelle N. K. Demers,

  Affiliation Plant Breeding Institute, The University of Sydney, Cobbitty, New South Wales, Australia

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• M. Catherine Aime

  * E-mail: maime@purdue.edu

  Affiliation Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8742-6685

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