Comparative genomics of the closely related fungal genera Cryptococcus and Kwoniella reveals karyotype dynamics and suggests evolutionary mechanisms of pathogenesis.

In exploring the evolutionary trajectories of both pathogenesis and karyotype dynamics in fungi, we conducted a large-scale comparative genomic analysis spanning the Cryptococcus genus, encompassing both global human fungal pathogens and nonpathogenic species, and related species from the sister gen...

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Published in:	PLoS Biology
Main Authors:	Marco A Coelho, Márcia David-Palma, Terrance Shea, Katharine Bowers, Sage McGinley-Smith, Arman W Mohammad, Andreas Gnirke, Andrey M Yurkov, Minou Nowrousian, Sheng Sun, Christina A Cuomo, Joseph Heitman
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2024-06-01
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002682

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