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SUBMITTER: Khan NA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4530557 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Khan Naveed A NA Siddiqui Ruqaiyyah R
Pathogens and global health 20150323 4
Evolution of independently breeding species into males and females (gametes) has remained a puzzle. Given the significant advantages of sexual reproduction over asexual reproduction as a long-term species survival strategy; here, we pose the question whether there is some form of meiosis in Acanthamoeba species, which represents our ancient lineage. The recently available Acanthamoeba genome revealed several genes implicated in meiosis in sexual eukaryotes such as Spo11, Mre11, Rad50, Rad51, Rad ...[more]