αADα hybrids of Cryptococcus neoformans: Evidence of same-sex mating in nature and hybrid fitness

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1975-1990

  Lin, Xiaorong ^a   Litvintseva, Anastasia P ^a   Nielsen, Kirsten ^a   Patel, Sweta ^a   Floyd, Anna ^a   Mitchell, Thomas G ^a   Heitman, Joseph ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL FUSION; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DIPLOIDY; FUNGAL STRAIN; HYBRID; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARTHENOGENESIS; PLANT GENETICS; SEROTYPE; SPOROGENESIS;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; CROSSES, GENETIC; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DIPLOIDY; GENES, MATING TYPE, FUNGAL; HAPLOIDY; MICE; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI;

EID: 35948978169     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0030186     Document Type: Article

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