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Population structure and evolutionary origins of Microsporum canis, M. ferrugineum and M. audouinii.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Sept 2004
Kaszubiak A, Klein S, de Hoog G S, Gräser Y
Abstract excerpt
The recurrent evolutionary emergence of asexual lineages within sexual zoo- and anthropophilic dermatophyte species living in animal-frequented soil is likely to be triggered by changes in ecological niche, i.e., shifts of host animal. Subsequent adaptation to the new host species is noted. Sometimes geographic isolation or intrinsic host factors like human race may also play a role in speciation. In the present...
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