Unisexual reproduction drives meiotic recombination and phenotypic and karyotypic plasticity in Cryptococcus neoformans.

In fungi, unisexual reproduction, where sexual development is initiated without the presence of two compatible mating type alleles, has been observed in several species that can also undergo traditional bisexual reproduction, including the important human fungal pathogens Cryptococcus neoformans and...

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Published in:	PLoS Genetics
Main Authors:	Sheng Sun, R Blake Billmyre, Piotr A Mieczkowski, Joseph Heitman
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-12-01
Online Access:	http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4263396?pdf=render