A futile act? Thoughts on the reproductive biology of Candida albicans

Mycologist

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 158-163

  Schmid, Jan ^a   Cannon, Richard D ^b   Holland, Barbara ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Clonal reproduction; General purpose genotype; Population genetics; Sexual cycle

Indexed keywords

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 10344234256     PISSN: 0269915X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0269915X0400415X     Document Type: Article

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