bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.04.13.039230; this version posted May 9, 2020. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder, who has granted bioRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity. It is made available under aCC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license. 1 Article type: Research 2 3 Whole genome comparisons of ergot fungi reveals the divergence and evolution of species 4 within the genus Claviceps are the result of varying mechanisms driving genome evolution 5 and host range expansion 6 7 Stephen A. Wyka1, Stephen J. Mondo1,2, Miao Liu3, Jeremy Dettman3, Vamsi Nalam1, Kirk D. 8 Broders4* 9 10 1 Department of Agricultural Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA. 11 2 U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA. 12 3 Ottawa Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa K1A 13 0C6, Canada. 14 4 Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Apartado 0843-03092 Panamá, República de Panamá. 15 * Corresponding authors: Kirk D. Broders, email:
[email protected] pg. 1 bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.04.13.039230; this version posted May 9, 2020. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder, who has granted bioRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity. It is made available under aCC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license. 16 Abstract: 17 The genus Claviceps has been known for centuries as an economically important fungal 18 genera for pharmacology and agricultural research.