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Horizontal gene transfer allowed the emergence of broad host range entomopathogens

Qiangqiang Zhang, Xiaoxuan Chen, Chuan Xu, Hong Zhao, Xing Zhang, Guohong Zeng, Ying Qian, Ran Liu, Na Guo, Wubin Mi, Yamin Meng, Raymond J. St. Leger, and Weiguo Fang
PNAS April 16, 2019 116 (16) 7982-7989; first published April 4, 2019; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1816430116
Qiangqiang Zhang
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Xiaoxuan Chen
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Yamin Meng
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Raymond J. St. Leger
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Weiguo Fang
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  1. Edited by Thomas A. Richards, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom, and accepted by Editorial Board Member W. F. Doolittle March 10, 2019 (received for review September 24, 2018)

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vol. 116 no. 16 7982-7989
DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1816430116
PubMed: 
30948646

Published By: 
National Academy of Sciences
Print ISSN: 
0027-8424
Online ISSN: 
1091-6490
History: 
  • Published in issue April 16, 2019.
  • Published first April 4, 2019.

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  1. Qiangqiang Zhanga,1,
  2. Xiaoxuan Chena,1,
  3. Chuan Xua,
  4. Hong Zhaoa,
  5. Xing Zhanga,
  6. Guohong Zenga,
  7. Ying Qiana,
  8. Ran Liua,
  9. Na Guoa,
  10. Wubin Mia,
  11. Yamin Menga,
  12. Raymond J. St. Legerb, and
  13. Weiguo Fanga,2
  1. aMOE Key Laboratory of Biosystems Homeostasis & Protection, College of Life Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China;
  2. bDepartment of Entomology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742
  1. Edited by Thomas A. Richards, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom, and accepted by Editorial Board Member W. F. Doolittle March 10, 2019 (received for review September 24, 2018)

Footnotes

  • ↵1Q.Z. and X.C. contributed equally to this work.

  • ↵2To whom correspondence should be addressed. Email: wfang1{at}zju.edu.cn.
  • Author contributions: W.F. designed research; Q.Z., X.C., H.Z., X.Z., G.Z., Y.Q., R.L., N.G., W.M., and Y.M. performed research; Q.Z., X.C., C.X., and W.F. analyzed data; and R.J.S. and W.F. wrote the paper.

  • The authors declare no conflict of interest.

  • This article is a PNAS Direct Submission. T.A.R. is a guest editor invited by the Editorial Board.

  • This article contains supporting information online at www.pnas.org/lookup/suppl/doi:10.1073/pnas.1816430116/-/DCSupplemental.

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