The human fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus can produce the highest known number of meiotic crossovers.

Sexual reproduction involving meiosis is essential in most eukaryotes. This produces offspring with novel genotypes, both by segregation of parental chromosomes as well as crossovers between homologous chromosomes. A sexual cycle for the opportunistic human pathogenic fungus Aspergillus fumigatus is...

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Main Authors: Ben Auxier, Alfons J M Debets, Felicia Adelina Stanford, Johanna Rhodes, Frank M Becker, Francisca Reyes Marquez, Reindert Nijland, Paul S Dyer, Matthew C Fisher, Joost van den Heuvel, Eveline Snelders
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-09-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002278