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SUBMITTER: Henk DA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3151277 | biostudies-literature | 2011
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Henk Daniel A DA Fisher Matthew C MC
PloS one 20110805 8
Penicillium dipodomyis is thought to be an exclusively asexual fungus associated with Kangaroo Rats, Dipodomys species, and is unique among Penicillium species in growing at 37°C but producing no known toxins. Lack of recombination within P. dipodomyis would result in limited adaptive flexibility but possibly enhance local adaptation and host selection via maintenance of favourable genotypes. Here, analysis of DNA sequence data from five protein-coding genes shows that recombination occurs withi ...[more]