Unisexual Reproduction Drives Evolution of Eukaryotic Microbial Pathogens

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Feretzaki, Marianna ^a   Heitman, Joseph ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL FUSION; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; EUKARYOTE; FUNGUS SPORE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; MATING TYPE; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PARTHENOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FUNGI; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84887304935     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003674     Document Type: Article

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