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Sebastian Eves-van den Akker
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Professor of Biotic Interactions, University of Cambridge.
Fellow of King's College Cambridge. http://goo.gl/fRtMjq
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HYP effector paper here:
sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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A gene with a thousand alleles: The hyper-variable effectors of plant-parasitic nematodes
Pathogens are engaged in a fierce evolutionary arms race with their host. The genes at the forefront of the engagement between kingdoms are often part…
sciencedirect.com
June 27, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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The first is that editing events which are phylogenetically and functionally unrelated enlist surprisingly similar genetic machinery

The second is that most editing systems were discovered from 1970-2005. We speculate why, and we suggest where to look!

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June 27, 2025 at 10:08 AM