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Increased Virulence and Large-Scale Reduction in Genome Size of Tetraploid Candida albicans Evolved in Nematode Hosts

Candida albicans is an opportunistic fungal pathogen of humans, yet the within-host dynamics of C. albicans infection are not clear. While C. albicans is commonly diploid, it exhibits a range of ploidies, including tetraploidy. Previous work found that tetraploid C. albicans populations exhibited ra...

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Autores principales: Smith, Amanda C., Rizvi, Hassan, Hickman, Meleah A., Morran, Levi T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10512209/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37746173
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/ffunb.2022.903135