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Multiple Origins of the Pathogenic Yeast Candida orthopsilosis by Separate Hybridizations between Two Parental Species.
PLoS genetics - 1 Nov 2016
Schröder Markus S, Martinez de San Vicente Kontxi, Prandini Tâmara H R, Hammel Stephen, Higgins Desmond G, Bagagli Eduardo, Wolfe Kenneth H, Butler Geraldine
Abstract excerpt
Mating between different species produces hybrids that are usually asexual and stuck as diploids, but can also lead to the formation of new species. Here, we report the genome sequences of 27 isolates of the pathogenic yeast Candida orthopsilosis. We find that most isolates are diploid hybrids, products of mating between two unknown parental species (A and B) that are 5% divergent in sequence. Isolates vary...
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