Evolutionary genetics: sex happens in Giardia

John M Logsdon Jr

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2007.11.019

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Evolutionary genetics: sex happens in Giardia

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Evolutionary genetics: sex happens in Giardia

John M Logsdon Jr

Current biology, Vol.18(2), pp.R66-R68

01/22/2008

DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.11.019

PMID: 18211841

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Abstract

Previous analyses of the Giardia genome exposed numerous genes required for meiosis, suggesting that sexual reproduction is occurring in this early-diverging eukaryote. A new study now uncovers direct genetic evidence for recombination in Giardia populations.

Animals

Biological Evolution

Giardia - genetics

Giardia - physiology

Meiosis - genetics

Recombination, Genetic

Reproduction - genetics

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Title: Subtitle: Evolutionary genetics: sex happens in Giardia
Creators: John M Logsdon Jr - Department of Biological Sciences, Roy J. Carver Center for Comparative Genomics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA. john-logsdon@uiowa.edu
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Current biology, Vol.18(2), pp.R66-R68
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.11.019
PMID: 18211841
ISSN: 0960-9822
eISSN: 1879-0445
Language: English
Date published: 01/22/2008
Academic Unit: Biology
Record Identifier: 9984217413202771

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