Evolution of Fluconazole-Resistant Candida albicans Strains by Drug-Induced Mating Competence and Parasexual Recombination
Sexual reproduction is an important mechanism in the evolution of species, since it allows the combination of advantageous traits of individual members in a population. The pathogenic yeast Candida albicans is a diploid organism that normally propagates in a clonal fashion, because heterozygosity at...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2019-02-01
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| Series: | mBio |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.02740-18 |