Unisexual Reproduction Drives Evolution of Eukaryotic Microbial Pathogens

Extremely Reduced Levels of Heterozygosity in the Vertebrate Pathogen Encephalitozoon cuniculi

(2013) Mohammed Selman et al.   EUKARYOTIC CELL

Unisexual and Heterosexual Meiotic Reproduction Generate Aneuploidy and Phenotypic Diversity De Novo in the Yeast Cryptococcus neoformans

(2013) Min Ni et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Genetic Circuits that Govern Bisexual and Unisexual Reproduction in Cryptococcus neoformans

(2013) Marianna Feretzaki et al.   PLoS Genetics

The Mating Competence of Geographically Diverse Leishmania major Strains in Their Natural and Unnatural Sand Fly Vectors

(2013) Ehud Inbar et al.   PLoS Genetics

Function of Cryptococcus neoformans KAR7 ( SEC66 ) in Karyogamy during Unisexual and Opposite-Sex Mating

(2012) Soo Chan Lee et al.   EUKARYOTIC CELL

Reproductive clonality of pathogens: A perspective on pathogenic viruses, bacteria, fungi, and parasitic protozoa

(2012) M. Tibayrenc et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Clonality Despite Sex: The Evolution of Host-Associated Sexual Neighborhoods in the Pathogenic Fungus Penicillium marneffei

(2012) Daniel A. Henk et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Genetic differentiation, recombination and clonal expansion in environmental populations of Cryptococcus gattii in India

(2011) Anuradha Chowdhary et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Reproductive strategies and population structure in Leishmania: substantial amount of sex in Leishmania Viannia guyanensis

(2011) VIRGINIE ROUGERON et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

A comprehensive phylogeny of Neurospora reveals a link between reproductive mode and molecular evolution in fungi

(2011) Kristiina Nygren et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Interspecies pheromone signaling promotes biofilm formation and same-sex mating in Candida albicans

(2011) K. Alby et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Shark Virgin Birth Produces Multiple, Viable Offspring

(2010) K. A. Feldheim et al.   JOURNAL OF HEREDITY

Evolution of the sex-Related Locus and Genomic Features Shared in Microsporidia and Fungi

(2010) Soo Chan Lee et al.   PLoS One

Self-Mating in the Definitive Host Potentiates Clonal Outbreaks of the Apicomplexan Parasites Sarcocystis neurona and Toxoplasma gondii

(2010) Jered M. Wendte et al.   PLoS Genetics

Cryptococcus neoformans Overcomes Stress of Azole Drugs by Formation of Disomy in Specific Multiple Chromosomes

(2010) Edward Sionov et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Elucidating the Pathogenesis of Spores from the Human Fungal Pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans

(2009) S. S. Giles et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Spores as Infectious Propagules of Cryptococcus neoformans

(2009) R. Velagapudi et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Homothallic and heterothallic mating in the opportunistic pathogen Candida albicans

(2009) Kevin Alby et al.   NATURE

Demonstration of Genetic Exchange During Cyclical Development of Leishmania in the Sand Fly Vector

(2009) N. S. Akopyants et al.   SCIENCE

Acquisition of Aneuploidy Provides Increased Fitness during the Evolution of Antifungal Drug Resistance

(2009) Anna M. Selmecki et al.   PLoS Genetics

Diploids in the Cryptococcus neoformans Serotype A Population Homozygous for the α Mating Type Originate via Unisexual Mating

(2009) Xiaorong Lin et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Evidence of Recombination in Mixed-Mating-Type and α-Only Populations ofCryptococcus gattiiSourced from SingleEucalyptusTree Hollows

(2008) Nathan Saul et al.   EUKARYOTIC CELL

Isolates ofCryptococcus neoformansfrom Infected Animals Reveal Genetic Exchange in Unisexual, α Mating Type Populations

(2008) Tien Bui et al.   EUKARYOTIC CELL

Long-distance dispersal and recombination in environmental populations of Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii from India

(2008) S. S. Hiremath et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Evidence for Karyogamy and Exchange of Genetic Material in the Binucleate Intestinal Parasite Giardia intestinalis

(2008) M. K. Poxleitner et al.   SCIENCE

The Parasexual Cycle in Candida albicans Provides an Alternative Pathway to Meiosis for the Formation of Recombinant Strains

(2008) Anja Forche et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY