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The Frequency of Sex: Population Genomics Reveals Differences in Recombination and Population Structure of the Aflatoxin-Producing Fungus Aspergillus flavus.
mBio - 14 Jul 2020
Drott Milton T, Satterlee Tatum R, Skerker Jeffrey M, Pfannenstiel Brandon T, Glass N Louise, Keller Nancy P, Milgroom Michael G
Abstract excerpt
The apparent rarity of sex in many fungal species has raised questions about how much sex is needed to purge deleterious mutations and how differences in frequency of sex impact fungal evolution. We sought to determine how differences in the extent of recombination between populations of Aspergillus flavus impact the evolution of genes associated with the synthesis of aflatoxin, a notoriously potent carcinogen....
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