Abstract
Fungal pathogens cause more than a billion human infections every year, resulting in more than 1.6 million deaths annually. Understanding the natural history and evolutionary ecology of fungi is helping us understand how disease-relevant traits have repeatedly evolved. Different types and mechanisms of genetic variation have contributed to the evolution of fungal pathogenicity and specific genetic differences distinguish pathogens from non-pathogens. Insights into the traits, genetic elements, and genetic and ecological mechanisms that contribute to the evolution of fungal pathogenicity are crucial for developing strategies to both predict emergence of fungal pathogens and develop drugs to combat them.
【초록키워드】 Evolution, Genetic, drug, pathogen, Genetic variation, death, understanding, pathogenicity, fungi, predict, mechanism, fungal, elements, human infection, traits, helping, insight, resulting, develop, contribute, contributed, fungal pathogen, ecological, genetic difference, 【제목키워드】 fungi, pathogenic,