Parasexual ploidy reduction drives population heterogeneity through random and transient aneuploidy in Candida albicans

Genetics

Volumn 200, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 781-794

  Hickman, Meleah A ^a,d   Paulson, Carsten ^a   Dudley, Aimee ^b   Berman, Judith ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Parasex; Ploidy; Yeast

Indexed keywords

DNA; DOUBLE DIGESTION RESTRICTION SITE ASSOCIATED DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOIDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; NONHUMAN; PLOIDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; TETRAPLOIDY; TRIPLOIDY; ADAPTATION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS;

CANDIDA ALBICANS;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANEUPLOIDY; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHROMOSOMES, FUNGAL; GENETIC VARIATION; LOSS OF HETEROZYGOSITY; TETRAPLOIDY;

EID: 84937046665     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 19432631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.115.178020     Document Type: Article

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