Clonality Despite Sex: The Evolution of Host-Associated Sexual Neighborhoods in the Pathogenic Fungus Penicillium marneffei

• Main Authors: Daniel A. Henk, Revital Shahar-Golan, Khuraijam Ranjana Devi, Kylie J. Boyce, Nengyong Zhan, Natalie D. Fedorova, William C. Nierman, Po Ren Hsueh, Kwok Yung Yuen, Tran P.M. Sieu, Nguyen Van Kinh, Heiman Wertheim, Stephen G. Baker, Jeremy N. Day, Nongnuch Vanittanakom, Elaine M. Bignell, Alex Andrianopoulos, Matthew C. Fisher
• Format: Journal
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Immunology and Microbiology
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=84868103431&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/51354
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

Molecular genetic approaches typically detect recombination in microbes regardless of assumed asexuality. However, genetic data have shown the AIDS-associated pathogen Penicillium marneffei to have extensive spatial genetic structure at local and regional scales, and although there has been some gen...