Multiple gene genealogies reveal recent dispersion and hybridization in the human pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans.

doi:10.1046/j.1365-294x.2000.01021.x

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Multiple gene genealogies reveal recent dispersion and hybridization in the human pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans.

Molecular ecology - 1 Oct 2000

Xu J, Vilgalys R, Mitchell T G

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Cryptococcus neoformans (= Filobasidiella neoformans) is a significant emerging fungal pathogen of humans. To understand the evolution of this pathogen, 34 strains were obtained from various locations around the world and fragments of four genes were sequenced from each. These strains represented...

Topics

Catechol Oxidase
Cryptococcus neoformans
DNA, Ribosomal Spacer
Evolution, Molecular
Genetic Variation
Humans
Molecular Sequence Data
Orotate Phosphoribosyltransferase
Phylogeny
RNA, Ribosomal
Time Factors

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