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Diploids in the Cryptococcus neoformans Serotype A Population Homozygous for the α Mating Type Originate via Unisexual Mating

The ubiquitous environmental human pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans is traditionally considered a haploid fungus with a bipolar mating system. In nature, the α mating type is overwhelmingly predominant over a. How genetic diversity is generated and maintained by this heterothallic fungus in a largel...

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Autores principales: Lin, Xiaorong, Patel, Sweta, Litvintseva, Anastasia P., Floyd, Anna, Mitchell, Thomas G., Heitman, Joseph
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2629120/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19180236
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000283