image: In the background is Phytophthora infestans growing on a potato leaf. The foreground shows the distribution of the genes of the pathogen regarding their rate of evolution. This image relates to an article that appeared in the Dec. 10, 2010, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The study, by Dr. Sylvain Raffaele at The Sainsbury Laboratory in Norwich, UK, and colleagues was titled, "Genome Evolution Following Host Jumps in the Irish Potato Famine Pathogen Lineage." view more
Credit: Image courtesy of Sebastian Schornack and Sylvain Raffaele, The Sainsbury Laboratory