| population analyses of the vascular plant pathogen verticillium dahliae detect recombination and transcontinental gene flow. | the fungal pathogen verticillium dahliae has resulted in significant losses in numerous crops in coastal california, but lettuce remained unaffected until the mid-1990s. since then outbreaks have decimated entire fields, but the causes of this sudden susceptibility of lettuce remain elusive. the population structure of v. dahliae isolated from coastal california (n=123) was investigated with 22 microsatellite markers, and compared with strains from tomato in central california (n=60), spinach se ... | 2010 | 20149887 |