Pheromone independent unisexual development in Cryptococcus neoformans.

The fungus Cryptococcus neoformans can undergo a-α bisexual and unisexual reproduction. Completion of both sexual reproduction modes requires similar cellular differentiation processes and meiosis. Although bisexual reproduction generates equal number of a and α progeny and is far more efficient tha...

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Main Authors: Rachana Gyawali, Youbao Zhao, Jianfeng Lin, Yumeng Fan, Xinping Xu, Srijana Upadhyay, Xiaorong Lin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-05-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5435349?pdf=render