Sex and the Microsporidia

Microsporidia: Pathogens of Opportunity: First Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 231-243

  Lee, Soo Chan ^a   Heitman, Joseph ^a   Ironside, Joseph E ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Life cycle; Meiotic structures; Microsporidia; Putative asexual species; Recombination; Sexual reproduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927129346     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118395264.ch8     Document Type: Chapter

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