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The parasexual cycle in Candida albicans provides an alternative pathway to meiosis for the formation of recombinant strains.

PLoS biology - 6 May 2008

Forche Anja, Alby Kevin, Schaefer Dana, Johnson Alexander D, Berman Judith, Bennett Richard J

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Candida albicans has an elaborate, yet efficient, mating system that promotes conjugation between diploid a and alpha strains. The product of mating is a tetraploid a/alpha cell that must undergo a reductional division to return to the diploid state. Despite the presence of several "meiosis-specific" genes in the C. albicans genome, a meiotic program has not been observed. Instead, tetraploid products of mating...

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PMID: 18462019
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060110
PMCID: PMC2365976

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