Generation of genetic diversity in microsporidia via sexual reproduction and horizontal gene transfer

Communicative and Integrative Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 414-417

  Lee, Soo Chan ^a   Weiss, Louis M ^b   Heitman, Joseph ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlamydia; E. cuniculi; Fungi; Sexual reproduction; Zygomycete

Indexed keywords

CHLAMYDIA; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; FUNGI; INVERTEBRATA; MICROSPORIDIA; RHIZOPUS ORYZAE; VERTEBRATA; ZYGOMYCETES;

EID: 77951291152     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19420889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cib.2.5.8846     Document Type: Note

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