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Evolutionary Biology: Microsporidia Sex — A Missing Link to Fungi
- Source :
- Current Biology. 18:R1012-R1014
- Publication Year :
- 2008
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2008.
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Abstract
- SummaryThe evolutionary origins of the microsporidia, a group of intracellular eukaryotic pathogens, have been unclear. Genome analysis of a sex locus and other gene clusters has now revealed conserved synteny with zygomycete fungi, indicating that microsporidia are true fungi descended from a zygomycete ancestor.
- Subjects :
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all)
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)
fungi
Locus (genetics)
Biology
Genes, Mating Type, Fungal
biology.organism_classification
Biological Evolution
Synteny
Genome
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Conserved Synteny
Evolutionary biology
Microsporidia
parasitic diseases
Genome, Fungal
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Gene
Ancestor
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 09609822
- Volume :
- 18
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Current Biology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....8bc600a28afccc43e1a2305a5a3e8dd3
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2008.09.034