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A Recent Whole-Genome Duplication Divides Populations of a Globally Distributed Microsporidian.
Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Aug 2016
Williams Tom A, Nakjang Sirintra, Campbell Scott E, Freeman Mark A, Eydal Matthías, Moore Karen, Hirt Robert P, Embley T Martin, Williams Bryony A P
Abstract excerpt
The Microsporidia are a major group of intracellular fungi and important parasites of animals including insects, fish, and immunocompromised humans. Microsporidian genomes have undergone extreme reductive evolution but there are major differences in genome size and structure within the group: some are prokaryote-like in size and organisation (<3 Mb of gene-dense sequence) while others have more typically...
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