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between AVR-Pik and the rice resistance gene Pik. The ancestral allele of AVR-Pik effector AVR-PikD is recognized by the Pikp immune receptor allele (blue). Subsequent pathogen evolution resulted in the emergence of AVR-PikD alleles (AVR-PikE, A and C) that evade detection by Pikp through derived