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SUBMITTER: Lee SC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5861352 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Fungal genetics and biology : FG & B 20170725
It has been a long-standing debate if sexual development occurs in the microsporidian lineages. Previous studies, including morphological observations, ploidy analysis, and the presence of a sex-related locus, provided evidence of possible extant of sexual development. This study presents another line of evidence by monitoring the parasitophorous vacuoles (PVs) formed by Encephalitozoon cuniculi. Time lapse observations of infection cycles of E. cuniculi revealed that multiple PVs can be formed ...[more]