Table 2. Identification of homologs of meiosis-specific genes in the sequenced genome of Verticillium dahliae isolate VdLs.17.

Genea	Aspergillus fumigatusAccession	Verticillium dahliaAccession	Total alignmentScore	Expect Value	% Identity	Protein Domains
SPO11	XP_747937.2	EGY19025	165	2e-50	32	Conserved
REC8	XP_747786	EGY21140	143	2e-39	27	Conserved
RAD21	XP_749714.1	EGY18368	447	e-152	47	Conserved
RAD51	XP_752407	EGY18462	653	0	89	Conserved
MSH4	XP_749950	EGY21332	627	3e-153	42	Partially Conserved
MSH2	XP_754634.1	EGY20237	1416	0	73	Conserved
MSH5	XP_752482.2	EGY18511	438	e-122	41	Partially Conserved
MSH6	XP_751995.1	EGY17510	1392	0	61	Conserved
HOP1	XP_751182.1	No homolog found	-	-	-	-
HOP2	EWH18245b	No homolog found	-	-	-	-
MND1	XP_751862	No homolog found	-	-	-	-
DMC1	XP_746712.1	No homolog foundc	-	-	-	-

Protein sequences of 11 meiosis-specific genes in Aspergillus fumigatus [14] and one in Saccharomyces cerevisiae (HOP2) were used to search the V. dahliae genome using blastp. Accession numbers are from GenBank.

^aGenes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae previously shown to function in meiosis [14].

^b HOP2 sequence from S. cerevisiae was used for searching the VdLs.17 genome.

^cAlthough homologs are present, protein domain analyses suggests that the best hit is the related protein encoded by RAD51, not DMC1.