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Genetic exchange within and between assemblages of Giardia duodenalis.
The Journal of eukaryotic microbiology - 1 Jan 2000
Lasek-Nesselquist Erica, Welch David Mark, Thompson Richard Christopher Andrew, Steuart Robert F, Sogin Mitchell L
Abstract excerpt
Meiotic sex evolved early in the history of eukaryotes. Giardia duodenalis (syn. Giardia lamblia, Giardia intestinalis), a parasitic protist belonging to an early diverging lineage of eukaryotes, shows no cytological or physiological evidence of meiotic or sexual processes. Recent molecular analyses challenge the idea that G. duodenalis is a strictly clonal organism by providing evidence of recombination between...
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